How the Gospel has Nothing to do with Eyes that Fall off Dogs

Our church is cross-centered, wanting to bring the gospel to bear on everything–the gospel is not just for salvation, but for every thing that I face every day of my life.
When you’re not really accustomed to thinking this way, it’s difficult to see the connection between a life reality and a particular facet of the [...]

Sale on Sovereign Grace Books and Music

During the month of February, Sovereign Grace is selling books and music at ridiculously low prices with free shipping.
For more information, check out this post on the Worship Matters blog.
To shop, visit the Sovereign Grace Store.
If you don’t already own it, I’d recommend getting a copy of C.J. Mahaney’s Living the Cross-Centered Life (for only [...]

What the World Eats

I’ve been reading this really interesting book that I got from the library called What the World Eats.  It came to my attention when CNN listed a link to a Time Magazine photo essay that included a number of pictures from the book (see Part I and Part II).
What the World Eats was written by [...]

The Retreat Files – Book Review

For our retreat study, we chose Feminine Appeal: Seven Virtues of a Godly Wife and Mother by Carolyn Mahaney.  As a study of Titus 2:3-5, the book is mainly geared to wives and mothers, but many of the principles found therein could certainly be applied to single women.
We wanted our study to be cross-centered and, [...]

My Fundamentalist Education: A Memoir of a Divine Girlhood

I just finished reading My Fundamentalist Education: A Memoir of a Divine Girlhood by Christine Rosen.  Rosen, though she didn’t grow up in a religious family, attended a Christian school affiliated with Moody Bible Institute.  The book describes her experience in the school from kindergarten through junior high.  As an adult, she describes herself as secular, non-religious.  Given [...]

Daring and Dangerous

I had my eye on them for awhile, and finally ordered them while the kids were away at their grandparents’ house.  The Daring Book for Girls and The Dangerous Book for Boys lay on the ottoman awaiting the kids’ return.
In this age of entertainment, kids are more likely to have the TV schedule memorized or [...]

Children’s Books: Discover America State by State

I discovered this series of books by Sleeping Bear Press before the kids were in school.  Now they’re coming in handy as a resource for our U.S. geography lessons.
Each state has its own “alphabet book”.  For example, Oregon’s is called B is for Beaver: An Oregon Alphabet and North Carolina’s is called T is for Tar Heel: [...]

Children’s Books: The Sir Cumference Series

 Fun and math.  Most people don’t ever use those two words together.  Your kids will, though, when you introduce them to the Sir Cumference series by Cindy Neuschwander.
Using a picture book format, Neuschwander weaves tales of knights and dragons (all characters have names from math terminology) to teach kids math concepts while they enjoy the [...]

Library & Educational Services

If you are a homeschooler, Library & Educational Services (LES) can be a great resource for curriculum support materials and reading materials for your kids and the rest of the family.
LES is a wholesale supplier of Christian reading and educational materials.  In order to maintain their wholesaler status, they can sell only to churches or church [...]

Systematic Theology Isn’t Just for the Men

Our church has “Table Talk”, a 6:30am Saturday morning men’s meeting where they work through a book study coupled with group discussions focused on applications to church and personal life.  Over the past couple of years they’ve studied Mark Dever’s 9 Marks of a Healthy Church and Why Small Groups (edited by C.J. Mahaney).  I’ve always [...]