Blogs

Wisely Handling the Book of Proverbs | R. C. Sproul, Ligonier
“So, the book of Proverbs is concerned to give us practical guidelines for daily experience. It is a neglected treasure of the Old Testament, with untold riches lying in wait in its pages to guide our lives. It holds real, concrete advice that comes from the mind of God Himself.”

Also see my Top Resources for Proverbs.

Evangelistic Preaching | Barry York, Gentle Reformation
“Below are thirteen characteristics, briefly explained, which help distinguish an evangelistic sermon from what we might call an edification sermon. These qualities should not be understood as mutually exclusive, but rather as weighted tendencies or features.”

Here’s my series on evangelistic preaching:

What is Evangelistic Preaching?
4 Kinds of Evangelistic Preaching
Why Is Evangelistic Preaching So Rare Today?
4 Characteristics of Evangelistic Preaching
4 More Characteristics of Evangelistic Preaching

The Darkness of Porn and the Hope of the Gospel | Denny Burk
“TIME magazine has published one of the saddest, most horrifying cover stories I have ever read. It is not horrifying in the sense of the carnage of war. It’s horrifying in the sense that it documents the carnage of a culture that is committing slow-motion suicide. It is a civilization-wide calamity on a scale that we have not seen before.”

5 Reasons Emotional Intelligence Is so Important for Leaders | Art Rainer
“Emotional intelligence is the extent to which someone is able to understand, filter through, and leverage his or her emotions in order to accomplish a task.It is an interpersonal, intangible set of abilities. And whereas your IQ is a constant, EQ can be developed and increased. ”

Of Burner Phones and Busy Lives: Making the Best Use of Time | Nathan Eshelman, Gentle Reformation
“A couple of weeks ago I walked into a cell phone store and said, ‘I would like to trade in my iPhone 6 for a dumb phone.’ Puzzled, the clerk asked why I would do such a thing. I told him I longed for the simplicity of the 2000s. The look of puzzlement continued as I described why I only wanted talk and text: I am tired of the media access on my phone. It’s a time vacuum.”

12 Things to Know About the Anti-Christ | Matthew Holst, The Christward Collective
“Friends, the days are spiritually perilous with the spirit of anti-Christ alive and well (1 John 2:18). They are a foretaste of what is to come with the Man of Lawlessness.  Yet these are the days where we ought prepare ourselves for what is to come. ”

New Book


The God We Worship: Adoring the One Who Pursues, Redeems, and Changes His People edited by Jonathan L. Master

Kindle Books

For your non-Kindle book buying needs please consider using Reformation Heritage Books in the USA and Reformed Book Services in Canada. Good value prices and shipping.


The Grace of Repentance by Sinclair B. Ferguson ($2.99)


The Beauty of Intolerance: Setting a Generation Free to Know Truth and Love by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell ($2.99)


The Truth About Man by Paul Washer ($2.99)


British English from A to Zed: A Definitive Guide to the Queen’s English by Norman W. Schur ($1.99). Ah, yes, the good old days.


Parents Who Think Too Much: Why We Do It, How to Stop It by Ann Cassidy ($0.99)

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