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Christmas has come and gone.  So, every year after Christmas I share new books that I received as gifts.  I love to read and appreciate the gift of books.  So, here is today's New Book Friday:

I recently finished Sola! by Leann Luchinger and Heather Choate Davis. Here are some quotes: sola is Latin for alone, and that the three solas are considered foundational principles of Protestantism...sola gratia (grace alone), sola fide (faith alone), and sola scriptura (Scripture alone). Not grace plus works or worthiness or effort or intention or money or remorse. Grace alone!...It is an all or nothing proposition, with God doing all, and us doing nothing. Because the Cross of Christ is where sin and grace kiss. Not just once but daily. His Law (God's wisdom for living) reveals our sin (all the ways we reject that wisdom). His Gospel then assures us that we are not to sit around beating ourselves up about it but rather to keep following Him, trusting that "for freedom Christ has set us free"...This balanced tension between Law and Gospel serves us in every season, keeping us humble through the highs, hopeful through the lows, and trusting that it's all on H...

Currently, I am reading several books on the Reformation in preparation for a sermon series I am doing this summer.  Here are the books I am currently reading:

Here are some of my favorite tweets from the last few weeks.  This is one of the blessings of social media where we can hear the gospel from people all over the world. If you like the tweet, go and follow the person on Twitter. The prophet Isaiah wrote about God’s plan to send Jesus to bring good news and redeem broken and hurting people. #thegospelprojectkids  Evangelism is the natural overflow of a heart richly indwelled by the Gospel. @gospeldriven  Jesus was delivered into the hands of sin, death, & the power of the Devil for us. Our deliverer died the death & experienced the hell our evil deeds have merited. On the third day he rose, breaking the jaws of our captors & delivering us into his gracious hands. @GospelEconomist Grace alone! Grace is an all or nothing proposition, with God doing all, and us doing nothing. #sola @faithinwords We are fickle & faithless. Our relationship with Christ is not initiated by or contingent on our faithfulne...