My friend Dan Phillips‘ second book is out. Today and tomorrow, it’s available for half price. You can get the deal here. God’s Wisdom in Proverbs comes highly recommended, including this endorsement from James Hamilton, associate professor of Biblical Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: ”This is the first book I would recommend for those wanting to [...]
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David J. Hesselgrave, Emeritus Professor of Mission at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and one of the most influential missiologists of this generation, has written the following endorsement of Gospel Meditations for Missions, the new devotional from ChurchWorksMedia.com: “Have you noticed? Currently we Christians are blest with a variety of books highlighting the Christian mission—why Christ saves us from sin and then leaves us [...]
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I’m reading All Things for Good (which also goes by the title A Divine Cordial), Thomas Watson’s classic exposition of Romans 8:28. The following thoughts regarding love for fellow believers are challenging—especially the last line of each paragraph (which I’ve highlighted): “We love a saint, though he has many personal failings. There is no perfection here. In some, rash [...]
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ChurchWorksMedia.com is now taking pre-orders for its new publication, Gospel Meditations for Missions. GM4Missions is a stirring 31-day devotional written by Chris Anderson, Joe Tyrpak, and guest writers JD Crowley, David Hosaflook, and Tim Keesee. Books will ship in early December. Order here. More information to follow. Please help get the word out.
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Molly Ijames and I recently teamed on a choral piece entitled Waves of Praise. Molly did a masterful job with the composition, and it has been recognized as an “Editor’s Choice” by JW Pepper. Her cascading accompaniment beautifully conveys the ideas of the text. It’s a new genre for me—an art project, not a hymn, [...]
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I’m leading a discussion about the local church and missionaries in a few days. Not a big thing—just a local pastor’s fellowship. I’m wondering if missionaries who read could chime in on two questions: 1. What are some things churches and pastors have done that were especially encouraging to you, whether during deputation, field ministry, [...]
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