More free Kindle books

Two excellent, free, biblical ebooks are available today on Amazon: Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts by Jerry Bridges is a book I recommend regularly. Can I Know God’s Will?, part of the Crucial Questions Series by R. C. Sproul is also available. Typically books made available by Reformation Trust are only there for about […]

Free Jonathan Edwards eBook

Recently, Desiring God adapted the unabridged text of Jonathan Edwards’ Religious Affections into an electronic book. Download the EPUB file for free. And if you need the Kindle format, you can convert it with Calibre (both Mac and Windows versions are available), free conversion software which I’ve used successfully several times.

Books to enhance your marriage

Nine Marks has compiled a list of about 30 helpful books on the topic of marriage. Along with the bibliographic data for each book is a brief commentary of one to three paragraphs about the book. If you are looking for an encouraging resource about marriage, Nine Marks’ Marriage Book Comparison Chart is a good […]

New source for eBooks

Monergism has announced that they are now selling eBooks, both in iPad and Kindle formats. They are making available many older works as well as new works at reduced prices (often 20% less than list price). If you have an eBook reader, this is a good source to find some harder to find books. As […]

Free Kindle ESV

For a limited time (not sure how long), the English Standard Version Bible is free as a Kindle version. Download it here.

John MacArthur’s next book

Here is a video trailer for John MacArthur’s next book, Slave: (HT: Challies.) In recent years, he has spoken several times on this issue, including at the 2008 Shepherds’ Conference.

Finding free Christian Kindle books

I’ve had a Kindle for a few months now, and have discovered a few ways to purchase books at reduced prices or find books for free — and not just older works. Even brand new e-books are regularly “sold” on Amazon for free. Here is how you can find some of those free books. [This […]

Looking for a commentary?

A few days ago someone asked me for a recommendation of a commentary on the book of Deuteronomy. I have not preached through Deuteronomy so my stack of books was somewhat thin to pick from to begin with. Additionally, the theological persuasion of the interpreter is particularly important in this book — i.e., is the […]

Discerning help

While we may know that we need to cultivate discernment, many of us may not know how to be more discerning. So, here are a couple of resources that I have found beneficial: Tim Challies’ book, The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment is not only a call to discernment, but it is a helpful guide for […]

Twelve steps for book buyers

I received this from my friend Gary in response to yesterday’s post about books; I laughed and laughed when I read this. And apart from Step 12, I think his tongue was implanted in his cheek (at least a little bit). I think. (While standing) My name is Gary and I am a bookaholic! A […]

The love of books

The love of books (and the desire for the acquisition of more) is no new phenomenon among pastors. William Symington, a 19th century pastor wrote, The love of books is with me a perfect mania. When I see anything particularly advertised, I immediately conceive a wish to have it — I persuade myself that really […]

John Piper honored with a new book

At the Desiring God National Conference last weekend, John Piper was honored with a festschrift. The volume, appropriately entitled For the Fame of God’s Name, is edited by Justin Taylor and Sam Storms and includes articles by colleagues at his church and Desiring God, and long-time friends and co-laborers — men like D. A. Carson, […]

Books and audio updated

I have to come up with an easier and less time-consuming way to update my “currently reading” and “recently on my iPod” pages. Haven’t figured it out yet, so they aren’t updated as often as they could/should be. But, today they have been updated. Hope to do it again in less than three months, unlike […]

A good place to read a book

Justin Taylor pointed out what must be a really wonderful place to read a book: And then, when you are tired of reading, you can move to your desk to do some work:

False Messages: an e-book for women

Last year, Tim Challies wrote an e-book entitled Sexual Detox (.pdf download here). The book was designed to help men to understand the impact of pornography on their minds and hearts and to help them begin to walk with Christ in newness of life. This year, Tim’s wife Aileen has written a companion book for […]