1. Selected ebooks - just 99p until midday Thursday
Ebook titles in the Questions Christians Ask series for just 99p each.
2. Top Ten Reasons for Choosing a Paper Book over an eBook
An infographic about paper books and ebooks.
3. Christians Get Depressed Too Films
A series of films from HeadHeartHand Media.
4. TGC Book Review: Original Jesus
A book review of Original Jesus by Stephen Witmer at The Gospel Coalition.
5. Three Questions to Ask Before Watching a Movie
Jonathan Parnell at Desiring God look at these 3 questions.
6. And finally...
This week's video of the week, 'The Third Day Teaser Trailer’:
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The Christian life is full of living between the tension of two truths.
So God’s kingdom is here, but not yet here. We are joyful in Christ even as we grieve the state of our world. In our weakness, God shows his strength. And so on.
Here’s one that has struck me recently. The Christian life is about being exhausted, and restful.
Exhausting Labour
Speaking of his desire to keep Christians going in faith until the Lord returns, Paul writes: “To this end I labour, struggling…” (Colossians 1 v 29). To “labour” means to work exhaustingly. Labouring causes things to be a struggle. Jn this state of struggling on, Paul finds “his [Christ’s] energy, which so powerfully works in me.” But it’s not that Christ provides his energy for Paul before Paul reaches the point of feeling unable to keep going; it’s that he provides it once Paul reaches that point.... continue reading
A glimpse inside the covers of our exciting new book, The Third Day...
Publishing a new book can sometimes feel a bit like having a baby. There's a lot of work and planning, effort and pushing. And then the glorious moment when you first hold your new creation in your hands. Sometimes I cry...
We're feeling like ridiculously proud parents this week as we have taken delivery of The Third Day - a new kind of book for us, as it is a graphic realisation of the last three chapters of Luke's Gospel. I have to say we are all rather smitten.
Of course there are lots of graphic Bibles out there - but how is this different? In three significant ways:... continue reading
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.
Romans 5:1-2
One of the many questions address in the recently published: Is forgiveness really free? And other questions about grace, the law and being saved.
This is a question which worries many people for two reasons. First, we worry about family and friends who once were professing faith and have since walked away from the faith. Was their faith genuine? Will they one day return?
Secondly, we are worried because we know how weak we are. Could I commit some sin that might jeopardise my salvation? What about the great warning passages of the book of Hebrews, which seem to imply that we are hanging on to our salvation by the skin of our teeth? Am I “once saved, always saved”?
The best way to respond to this question is to focus not on ourselves but on the faithfulness of God. What is God like? He is faithful to his promises, and he has given us the Holy Spirit as the guarantee that we will receive everything he has promised his people (Ephesians 1 v 13-14). He has not spared his own Son, but has rescued us at great cost (Romans 8 v 32). We should then have confidence that he is committed to his own word. This is, in fact, the message of Hebrews: “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need”. (Hebrews 4 v 16)... continue reading
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Author Michael Jensen, explains how he came to discover amazing grace for himself…
My own awakening to free forgiveness—to God’s grace—came when was about 16 years old.
I am, as I said, the eldest son. And I was the eldest son of a ministry family. I went to church and Sunday school, and never really rebelled. I knew all the answers, and it was kind of nice being a bit of a specialist in at least one subject on the school timetable (I went to a church school).
I was not much of a rebel, at least not publicly or openly. Mainly, I wanted to keep the appearance of being onside with the whole Christian thing, and I wasn’t courageous enough to be defiant.... continue reading
I’m guessing it’s not just me. Most of us know what it’s like to be keen to pray for a while but then slump and find ourselves struggling to send up anything more intimate than a panic-laden arrow prayer when a crisis hits. But even though we know what it’s like to be there, many of us flounder when a friend asks us for help to tackle the poverty in their prayer life. Here, continuing our Wednesday afternoon pastoral series, are our tips on how to help someone get their praying back on track:... continue reading
In his parable of the pearl, Jesus wants us to think very deeply about what is precious to us.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. - Matthew 13 v 45-46
Imagine a merchant. His business is perhaps the sale of fine jewels and luxury goods. And he’s in search of fine pearls. Why? Because he is a merchant. He’s a businessman, looking to make a profit.
And make no mistake, pearls were the most precious jewel of the ancient world. The historian Suetonius, wrote that the Roman general Vitellius, emperor for eight months in 69 AD, financed an entire military campaign by selling just one of his mother’s pearl earrings.... continue reading
