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Whiter Than Snow – Meditations on Psalm 51

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I just read the preface and meditations 1-4 of Paul Tripp's collection of fifty-two meditations on Psalm 51. I found them both encouraging and convicting. Entitled Whiter Than Snow: Meditations on Sin and Mercy, this book strikes me as a fantastic devotional aid for those (like me) who are regularly in need of grasping more of the depth of our sinfulness and the magnitude and constancy of God's grace. Tripp shows us that King David's struggles are our struggles as well. And the mercy David found is the same mercy that sustains us every day. What others are saying: "Whiter than Snow is … [Read more...] about Whiter Than Snow – Meditations on Psalm 51

Interview With Tim Keller on The Prodigal God

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Tim Keller's next book, The Prodigal God, is scheduled for an October 2008 release. Pastor Keller was kind enough to answer a few questions about the book. The exchange is posted below with his permission. CHEDIAK: How did this book originate, and why the creative title? KELLER: When speaking to a group, I can get the essentials of the gospel across better with this parable and text than with any other. (I'm not saying that it is objectively the most important text on the gospel, only that I it has been the one that I preach the best.) The message has been in some ways the very foundation … [Read more...] about Interview With Tim Keller on The Prodigal God

Albert Mohler Takes On The New Atheists

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Dr. Albert Mohler takes on the recent "remix" of atheistic beliefs and arguments from the likes of Dawkins, Harris, and the others. A concise read (112 pages), this should be a great help for skeptics and Christians alike. The publisher's description: A leading Christian intellectual explores the newest strain of atheism, its foremost thinkers, the cultural conditions that have bred it, and how Christians should respond. Something has changed in American culture. What for years was a little-regarded belief system—atheism—has now gained a large, and increasing, national hearing through the … [Read more...] about Albert Mohler Takes On The New Atheists

Tim Keller on The Doctrine of Hell

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This short article on the biblical support, logical necessity, appropriateness and inevitability of hell for those who reject God and Christ is an extremely helpful read. It will benefit Christians and non-Christians alike. For an extended version, see the appropriate section of Keller's The Reason For God. (HT: Tullian Tchividjian) By the way, Keller has a forthcoming book (Oct 2008) called The Prodigal God, which is available now for pre-order (HT: JT). It is an extended reflection on Christ's well known parable of the profligate son and his legalistic older brother (Luke 15:11-32). … [Read more...] about Tim Keller on The Doctrine of Hell