Crossway has just released a new book by J. I. Packer entitled, Weakness is the Way: Life with Christ Our Strength. Here Packer talks about the premise behind the book. This looks helpful! Publisher’s Description: For Christians, weakness should be a way of life. Yet most of us try desperately to be sufficient on […]
Read More Weakness is the Way — a new book from J. I. PackerThe term “fellowship” is used regularly in the context of the church (do non-believers use the word?). Often the word is used synonymously for “food” or “feast,” as in, “be sure to bring enough food to the fellowship (feast)…” or “come Wednesday evening as we enjoy fellowship (a meal) together…” While fellowship can take place […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers: Fellowship with GodAfter my sermon from two weeks ago (“What Do You Know About Salvation — an Introduction to 1 John”), someone in another city listened to the audio and emailed me the question, “What is your position on Lordship Salvation?” Here is how I answered him. There is a short and a long answer to your […]
Read More “What is your position on Lordship Salvation?”From Desiring God: Alive to Wonder: Celebrating the Influence of C. S. Lewis is a collection of extended excerpts from John Piper’s corpus where Lewis’s fingerprints are most vividly seen, including a significant introduction from Piper specially written for this project. The book is available for a free download in PDF, EPUB (iBooks, Nook), or […]
Read More Alive to Wonder — Free ebook about C. S. LewisHere are some excellent ebook deals for Spanish speakers: Teologia Sistematica, Wayne Grudem: Kindle Price: $.99 Manual Biblico, Henry Halley: Kindle Price: $.99 Nuevo Comentario Ilustrado de la Biblia, Earl D. Radmacher: Kindle Price: $.99 Concordia de la Biblia Strong Concisa, James Strong: Kindle Price: $.99 Diccionario Expositivo de Palabras del Antiguo y Nuevo Testamento […]
Read More Kindle Spanish Book DealsDavid Murray: The main question most people ask in marriage relationships today is, “What can I get out of it?” Especially, “What sex can I get out of it?” And when the investment of time, money, emotion, and sexual energy does not pay off as expected? Separation. And the search for a better return from […]
Read More The goal of marital counseling (and marriage)From Jon Bloom: Have you ever noticed how hard it is to find an example of what we would call a “healthy family” in the Bible? It’s a lot easier to find families with a lot of sin and a lot of pain than to find families with a lot of harmony. For example, here’s […]
Read More Messed Up Family?Amazon currently has almost a dozen of R. C. Sproul’s booklets available for free. I’m not sure how long this deal will last, so act quickly to get them! Amazon.com: R. C. Sproul.
Read More Free Sproul ebooksBelow is the substance of an email I sent to our church body this morning after the storm in Granbury last night: Dear beloved Church Body, The Lord last night demonstrated His power and authority, along with His grace. During the storm, the words of Psalm 8 were going through my mind: When I consider […]
Read More If you’d like to help…Reading 1 John has often created questions for believers about the security of their eternal life, because of what John seems to be saying about sin — e.g., “No one who abides in Him [Christ] sins…” (3:6). Yet every believer still knows the reality of sin in his life, so too often people think something […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers: First John and sanctificationThomas Nelson has several excellent deals on books by John MacArthur — and one or two other authors — through Monday evening (10 p.m., CDT). Among the sales are the MacArthur Study Bible for both NKJV and NASB. Take advantage of these quickly: The MacArthur Study Bible, NKJV ($4.99) DOWNLOAD The MacArthur Study Bible, NASB […]
Read More MacArthur Study Bibles on sale for Kindle — and moreA Christian is one who recognizes Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God, as God manifested in the flesh, loving us and dying for our redemption; and who is so affected by a sense of the love of this incarnate God as to be constrained to make the will of Christ the […]
Read More What Is a Christian?From Desiring God: It’s been one year since we released this video, very simply titled: “The Story of Ian and Larissa.” The response was (and continues to be) stunning — over 1.5 million plays online from viewers around the world. But such impressive numbers only faintly echo the measure of grace in the lives of […]
Read More Ian and Larissa: One Year LaterTransformation in the life of the believer begins with a renewal of the mind (Rom. 12:1-2; Eph. 4:22-24). So what kinds of things should be the focus of the believer’s meditation so that his mind is daily transformed to the image of Christ? Stephen Charnock provides some answers [I’ve formatted this in a block paragraph […]
Read More Look to the matter of your meditationLast Sunday I attempted to provide an extensive amount of background information about the book of 1 John, and someone suggested it might be helpful to post my sermon notes on the blog because he couldn’t get it all down. Given that the way I format my notes together is not conducive to a quick […]
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