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Posts Tagged ‘books’

Book Review: When You Pray

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

When You Pray: Making the Lord’s Prayer Your Own
by Philip Graham Ryken.
P&R Publishing, 206 pages.
ISBN 1596380527
Prayer is one of the most basic elements of the Christian life, and one of the most neglected. One of the difficulties we face is that we do not feel as though we know how to pray.
The Lord himself, however [...]

Challies and Mohler on Reading

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Mark Tubbs at Discerning Reader posts some advice from Tim Challies and Al Mohler on effective reading.

Free Books!

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Tim Challies is giving away a big ole stack of books…. Go <a href=”http://www.challies.com/draw.php?userid=60062″>sign up</a>!

T4G Bookstore Master List

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Tim Challies has the news that the T4G “Bookstore” list has been posted to the T4G site:
Here is a link to the master bookstore list for Together for the Gospel. “Each of these books were carefully selected for the Together for the Gospel ‘08 book store. Specifically, Al Mohler, CJ Mahaney, Ligon Duncan, and Mark [...]

Together for the Books

Friday, April 18th, 2008

OK, let’s get right to it…
At Together for the Gospel, there were a lot of books to be had. The conference gave away a number of titles, I bought a number of books at the outstanding bookstore, and, as if that weren’t enough, a pre-conference event called Band of Bloggers also gave away some freebies. [...]

Why I Buy Books

Friday, April 18th, 2008

I walked in the door last weekend from Half Price Books, clutching a paperback copy of Roy Adkins’ Nelson’s Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World. Shannon’s response was loving and surprised. “Another book? You haven’t started the last one you bought!”
She was referring to Nathaniel Philbrick’s Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War. [...]