Some helpful articles from the last week: Lately I’ve been preaching and writing quite a bit about the gospel for believers. Here is a prayer from Scotty Smith to preach the gospel to ourselves. Alan Jacobs is an excellent essayist. I have read one of his collections of writings and another awaits reading on my […]
Read More Grab bagThe book of the month in our church bookstore is Jeremiah Burroughs’ work, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment. I first read this book several years ago over the period of several months in my devotional time. It was a blessing and challenge to be exhorted towards contentment every morning for those 10-12 weeks. As […]
Read More Book of the Month — a Rare JewelOne of my favorite books on the spiritual life is now available for free on the Kindle — Don Whitney’s book Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual. This is an excellent resource to help determine the condition of your heart. I highly recommend it.
Read More Free Kindle book — Ten QuestionsI recently picked up and began reading Joe Thorn’s book, Note to Self. The book is about the discipline of meditation and especially the art of meditating on the gospel so that the gospel increasingly guides our thinking and actions. Justin Taylor did an interview with Joe Thorn in which they discussed the purpose and […]
Read More Preaching to yourselfUntil July 27, Amazon is “The Big Deal” selling over 900 books at significantly reduced prices — $0.99, $1.99, $2.99, and $3.99. Here are a few deals I found yesterday: The list of Christian and “spiritual” books (watch out for that last category) can be found here. And a few more deals: Nancy Pearcey, Saving […]
Read More Kindle book saleThanks to Tim Challies, I came across this website today that has a good selection of inexpensive and free ebooks for the Kindle. Check out Gospel eBooks. Check out some of the following deals: The Holy Bible: ESV (FREE) The Holy Bible: HCSB (FREE) John Piper – Don’t Waste Your Life ($2.84) A.W. Tozer – […]
Read More Good, inexpensive Christian e-booksI do at least two things to prepare my heart for Easter each year. First, I read through the accounts of the passion week at least once and often more than that. The simple recitation of the account of Christ’s death and resurrection is sobering and invigorating and always stimulates in me grateful worship. And […]
Read More Books to read to prepare for EasterThe Desiring God (available for free as a PDF download in a previous edition and for $5 in the current print edition) read-along with John Piper begins today with a discussion of chapters 1 and 2. The broadcast will begin at 12:00 (Eastern) and be re-broadcast at noon in each successive time zone. There is […]
Read More Lunch with John PiperI’ve read Desiring God in its entirely two or three times, I’ve re-read portions of the book many times, and I’ve read most of Piper’s other books (which he says are all just a rewriting of Desiring God). But I’ve never read this book with John Piper. And now you and I have that chance, […]
Read More Read Through Desiring God with John PiperA new book by my Dad has just been released: Heaven Revealed. This has been a particular labor of love for him, since my mother went to be with the Lord six years ago. And this week it has been released. Here is some basic information about the book, including a free download of the […]
Read More A new book: Heaven RevealedMonergism is making J. C. Ryle’s book, Practical Religion (eBook) available as a free download for a short time. Go to Monergism Books.
Read More Free Ryle eBookA while ago, someone gave me a challenge: “could you put together a list of top 10 ‘classic’ books you think every Christian should read? And then maybe another list for when we finish that list?” Well first things first — so how about one list for now? And the more I read, the more […]
Read More Ten (or eleven…) favorite books/authorsThe annual sale at the Sovereign Grace store is back. All the books and music CDs and Audio / Video books and teaching resources are on sale — and there is free shipping on all purchases over $15. Here is a great opportunity to stock up on some good books and good prices!
Read More Sovereign Grace book saleA few things spotted recently around the web: John Piper’s 8-month leave of absence ended at the end of December. Last Sunday he resumed preaching with the sermon, “Our Deepest Prayer: Hallowed Be Your Name.” He also wrote an article entitled, “Why I Am Full of Hope About Bethlehem’s Future,” and while it is written […]
Read More Grab bagI’m not sure how long this book has been available, but the entire text of Day by Day with Jonathan Edwards is available on Google Books. I’ve been reading this book as part of my devotional reading this year and have found it to be very helpful and encouraging. The editor, Randall Pederson, has selected […]
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