Baker and Logos have teamed up for another D. A. Carson collection (7 vols.).
(The first one is 5 vols.)
Covenant Eyes
This is a guest post by Joe Tyrpak, one of my accountability partners.
I use Covenant Eyes on my desktop and laptop computers, and I agree with Joe that it is outstanding accountability software.
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Fighting Lust, Inviting Accountability, Using Covenant Eyes
Fighting lust is an all-out war. Even though it’s not the only front on which the battle is fought, one crucial strategy for fighting lust is accountability. And even though the Internet is not the only place where a guy struggles with temptation, Internet accountability is one of the most crucial aspects of accountability today. [Read more…] about Covenant Eyes
Wise Words: Family Stories That Bring the Proverbs to Life
I read these 18 stories to my daughter recently, and we both enjoyed (most of) them:
Peter Leithart. Wise Words: Family Stories That Bring the Proverbs to Life. 3rd ed. Moscow, ID: Canon, 2003. 148 pp. 
We also listened to the stories.
They are fairy-tale type stories that are generally captivating and end with surprising twists, always ending with a proverb from the Book of Proverbs that is the moral of the story. [Read more…] about Wise Words: Family Stories That Bring the Proverbs to Life
A Bible Storybook: An Interview with Champ Thornton
I finished reading this new children’s book to Kara last week:
Champ Thornton. God’s Love: A Bible Storybook. Whitakers, NC: Positive Action Bible Curriculum, 2012. 245 pp.
It’s well-done: very understandable for young children and theologically informed.
(The cheapest place to buy the book is directly from the publisher. And if you use the coupon code “Love1” during check out, you can get free shipping and handling.)
The author is my friend. [Read more…] about A Bible Storybook: An Interview with Champ Thornton
Theological Commentary
This book includes some noteworthy articles:
R. Michael Allen, ed. Theological Commentary: Evangelical Perspectives. London: T&T Clark, 2011.
I highlighted Carson’s chapter on TGC’s blog (free PDF).
X-ray Questions
David Powlison, “X-ray Questions,” chapter 7 in Seeing with New Eyes: Counseling and the Human Condition through the Lens of Scripture (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian & Reformed, 2003), 129–43 (these questions appear on pp. 132–40):
- What do you love? Hate?
- What do you want, desire, crave, lust, and wish for? What desires do you serve and obey?
- What do you seek, aim for, and pursue? [Read more…] about X-ray Questions
What If You Fail?
Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp, How People Change (Greensboro, NC: New Growth, 2006), 175:
What If You Fail?
Never a day goes by when we do not fail to do what Christ has enabled us to do. Despite all of the gifts flowing from our union with Christ, sin still remains in us. That’s the reason you need to know that Jesus has broken the power of sin–because its presence still remains! We should not be shocked that the war still rages inside us. We have been changed, we have been empowered, but we have not yet been perfected.
What do you do when you sin and fail? [Read more…] about What If You Fail?
What Is Your Biggest Problem?
Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp, How People Change (Greensboro, NC: New Growth, 2006), 153:
What Is Your Biggest Problem?
When we rightly identify the source of our problem, we are on our way to a solution that celebrates the grace of Christ. But we must first acknowledge that the problem is us! [Read more…] about What Is Your Biggest Problem?