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The Duty of Love
December 29th, 201106:55 PM ETBy Tim ChalliesI have been reading (and listening to) Tim Keller’s new book The Meaning of Marriage, easily my favorite book of 2011. One of the subjects Keller covers is the lost sense of duty in love. We have come to think that if there is any duty in love it must not be genuine. Biblically, of course, love is shown not in what you receive, but in how much yo... -
My Top Books of 2011
December 29th, 201106:51 PM ETBy Tim Challies2011 was a great year for books. While I did not read as many books in 2011 as I have in previous years, I still read quite a few. Today I want to share some of my top picks from the year that was. Let me offer the usual caveats that these are almost certainly not the 10 best books of 2010 in any objective sense—but they are my favorites. Al... -
Resources for the 3650 Challenge
December 27th, 201112:44 PM ETBy Tim ChalliesLast week I asked if some of you would like to take The 3650 Challenge with me (reading 3650 chapters of the Bible in 2012). I expected that 50 or 100 of you might like to join me. I was more than a little surprised to see well over 800 join up, with more joining every day. This is going to be fun! If you’d like to join us, the best place t... -
Faithless Prayer
December 22nd, 201111:03 AM ETBy Tim ChalliesActs 12 contains one of my favorite stories of the early church. It is a great little bit of writing—a short story in three acts. I was reflecting on that story recently and just had to tell you about it.The chapter begins with a description of Herod's persecution against the church. In order to please his Jewish subjects Herod has James arre... -
My 2011 Blogging Heroes
December 21st, 201110:43 AM ETBy Tim ChalliesReports of the blogosphere’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Another year has come and (just about) gone and the blogosphere continues to be an integral means of communication, and this despite many predictions that blogs will soon go the way of the dinosaur (or the newspaper, as the case may be). 2011 was a great year for blogs, at least h... -
Take the 3650 Challenge With Me
December 20th, 201110:32 AM ETBy Tim ChalliesLast week I asked if you are interested in taking The 3650 Challenge with me—to read or listen to 3,650 chapters of the Bible in 2012. A lot of you said that you are interested, so today I want to launch this plan in earnest.Through 2012 I plan to use Professor Horner's Bible Reading System to read the Bible. This system calls for 10 cha... -
Can We ______? & the 1 Corinthians 6:12 Grid
December 19th, 201111:24 AM ETBy Tim ChalliesI am hoping that this will be my final article on the Driscolls and Real Marriage, at least for the time being. I do not want this subject to dominate my web site, but I do have one more thing to say. Before I say it, I want to review a few things I haven’t said. I have seen several things in the comments and out in the blogosphere attribute... -
The Driscolls and Real Marriage
December 15th, 201111:43 PM ETBy Tim ChalliesMark Driscoll will be all over the news in the new year. Not only is he set to be a participant at the controversial Elephant Room conference on January 25, but January 3 will also mark the release of his newest book—the one that is bound to become his most controversial yet: Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship & Life Togethe... -
Evidences of God's Grace
December 14th, 201112:16 PM ETBy Tim ChalliesThere is no greater challenge in all the earth than living the Christian life. There is no challenge more difficult, no pursuit that demands more of us. Of course there is also no better pursuit and no greater joy than this—to seek the Lord. In the midst of this all-consuming task, it is wise to ask, at least occasionally, “How are we doing?”... -
Money Matters: How Much Do I Give?
December 13th, 201110:12 AM ETBy Tim ChalliesYesterday I wrote about Christians and money and tried to give an answer to 2 questions: Do I have to give some of my money away? and What should my attitude be as I give my money away? You can find that article here. Today I want to continue this little 2-part series by asking and answering 2 more questions: Where am I to give? and How much am I t... -
Money Matters: Do I Have to Give?
December 12th, 201109:34 AM ETBy Tim ChalliesLast week I wrote a little bit about money, trying to point out 4 of the ways that we, as Christians, tend to think about money and possessions in worldly ways. Today I want to follow that up with what the Bible says about giving and tithing. God gives us money and tells us to be careful, faithful stewards of it. Is one component of our stewardship... -
Thinking Wrongly About Money
December 09th, 201101:12 PM ETBy Tim ChalliesThroughout this fall I have been able to spend some time teaching my church about money. One of the first challenges I faced was in distinguishing between what the Bible teaches about money and what we, as Christians living in this time and this place, tend to believe. What I found is that there are many ways that we think about money that owes... -
Your Spiritual Life Depends Upon Killing Sin
December 08th, 201109:56 AM ETBy Tim ChalliesThis is my once-monthly Puritan post. I know that I've lost 50% of you with the word Puritan, but don't be too hasty to run away; if you take the time to read this post, I am convinced you'll benefit from it. I can say that on good authority because the essence of the post comes from John Owen. I have been going through John Owen's book Overcoming... -
4 Short Book Reviews
December 07th, 201112:04 PM ETBy Tim ChalliesLast week I mentioned that over the past few months I have not been reading a lot of Christian books. But this is not to say that I have not been reading at all. Here are a few of the most noteworthy books I’ve read in that time. Catherine the Great - This portrait of Catherine the Great may just be the culmination of Robert Massie’s writ... -
Daddy Dates
December 06th, 201111:44 AM ETBy Tim ChalliesIt is unlikely that I am the only father who is more than a little bit intimidated at the thought of raising daughters. Terrified and overwhelmed is more like it. If I didn’t have strong, Christian role models to emulate (my own parents among them), I might just despair. One of the early lessons I have learned (I’m still relatively new to this... -
Men, Women & the Public Reading of Scripture
December 05th, 201102:25 PM ETBy Tim ChalliesLast week I posted a short guide to the public reading of Scripture, and I sought to show how we emphasize Scripture reading at Grace Fellowship Church. I was a little bit taken aback at some of the reaction, especially after one popular blogger linked the article to her Twitter followers; this generated a lot of response and, in many cases, q... -
Life Under Capitalism
December 01st, 201112:03 PM ETBy Tim ChalliesThis "occupy" movement has made headlines all over the world—far more headlines than it deserves based on the actual number of people participating. A little while ago I came across an interesting little video, a piece of street theater generated by some of the participants of Occupy Wall Street. They call it simply, "Life Under Capitalism." Here...
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Tim Challies is a follower of Jesus Christ, a husband to Aileen and a father to three young children. He worships and serves as a pastor at Grace Fellowship Church in Toronto, Ontario, edits Discerning Reader and is a co-founder of Cruciform Press. He has written The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment, Sexual Detox and The Next Story.
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