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Who is your favorite author?  There are many great authors out there.  I will be sharing over the next several months authors who have helped me grow in grace and the gospel.  I will try and include images of some of my favorite books by them. These will be shared in alphabetical order. Author: Sinclair Ferguson

Each year, my Christmas list includes lots of books.  So, at the start of each year, I like to share the new books that I received.  Here is one of my new books for 2019:

For the rest of 2018, I will be sharing books I recommend because they are some of my favorites.  New Book Friday will resume in January. Enjoy!

Here is a list of my favorite authors of 2017: Rankin Wilbourne  Steve Brown Jared C Wilson Elyse Fitzpatrick  Scott Sauls Sinclair Ferguson Paul Tripp Michael Horton Jeff Vanderstelt  Jessica Thompson

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 foundation of our assurance does not lie in us, but in Him. @DrSFerguson Titus 2:11-12. It's GRACE that trains us to renounce unrighteousness. So if you're trying to whip-crack people into straightening up, don't @jaredcwilson "To mix Law and Gospel not only clouds the knowledge of grace, it cuts out Christ altogether." - Luther on Galatians @Ryan_haskins  Satan knows he cannot ultimately destroy those whom Christ saves. He is therefore determined to destroy our enjoyment of our new relationship to the Lord. @DrSFerguson We are journeying together, moving from unbelief to belief in Jesus more each day. @JeffVanderstelt

I recently finished reading The Whole Christ by Sinclair Ferguson.  Here are some great quotes from the book: There are no conditions that need to be met in order for the gospel offer to be made. everything we need for salvation is in him and not in us. Is it obvious to me, and of engrossing concern, that the chief focus, the dominant note in the sermons I preach (or hear), is "Jesus Christ and him crucified"? Or is the dominant emphasis (and perhaps the greatest energies of the preacher?) focused somewhere else, perhaps on how to overcome sin, or how to live the Christian life, or on the benefits to be received from the gospel?...Is the dominant theme, the lasting impression, the most natural word association, in relation to preaching I hear "Jesus Christ and him crucified"--or something else? Christ himself is the gospel...what we receive in the gospel is not benefits but Christ and that therefore the focus on public preaching and private pasto...

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.  We are not building the church for Jesus. Jesus is building the church through us. @jdgreear via @RevBurk Jesus did not come to simply be our role model. He came to be our Savior. @ElyseFitz A believer’s security ultimately lies in this: Jesus’ grip on you is stronger than your grip on him. @MattSmethurst The only real comfort from and silencer of shame is what the King of Creation says about me. @ScottyWardSmith A problem against the enjoyment of assurance is a failure to recognize that justification is both final & complete. @DrSFerguson

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.  So none of us is far from real Discipleship. We don't have to be experts, just converts pointing each other to Jesus. @jaredcwilson Because when the volume of grace and freedom goes up over our shame, the voices of shame can't help but be silenced. @scottsauls How do our passions for God grow? Not my being told that they're supposed to grow, but by marveling at what God has done for us. @jdgreear Pietism cannot comprehend an obedience that flows naturally from the heart & is motivated by assurance rather than fear. @theocast_org There are no handbooks or manuals that walk me through what faithfulness and obedience look like. @TarynJost We appreciate the clarity of the law only when we gaze fully into Christ's face.This is freedom...

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.  Our standing before God is not about what we have done or not done, what we will do or not do, but rather on what Jesus has done for us in his life, death, and resurrection. @WillWalker The core of Christianity is what Christ has DONE not what we are doing. @pauldunk Antinomianism & legalism are two sides of the same coin. Both think little of their sin & little of the need for grace in all of life. @MichaelHorton_ Fully known and fully loved. The one essential thing every human being really wants can only be found in God. @jaredcwilson Moralism hands starving people a cookbook. @MattSmethurst Legalism is simply separating the law of God from the person of God. @DrSFerguson "Many Christians attempt to gain through performance what...

I started two new books recently.  They are The Whole Christ by Sinclair Ferguson and Unchained by Noel Jesse Heikkinen.  Here are some quotes from the first chapter: We structure our spiritual lives in such a way that we can monitor and measure how we are doing and, presumably, how God feels about us at any given moment. The problem occurs when our man-made rules become more important than Jesus--when praying or reading the Bible every day becomes more important than following Jesus. Freedom is not what our culture tells us it is. Freedom is not my deciding, from the urges and longings of my sinful nature, to do what I want to do, when I want to do it, how I want to do it, with whom I want to do it. According to the Bible, that is bondage, not freedom.  The remedy for both (antinomianism and legalism) is a fuller, biblical, and profound understanding of grace and of the character of God. When we behold the glory of Christ in the gospel, it reo...

Currently, I am reading several books on various subjects.  In my Go Deeper Hour Class, I am teaching through  Jesus Outside the Lines by Scott Sauls In preparation for Easter, I am starting a devotional during Lent published by New Growth Publishing called Journey To The Cross And then my current books for "fun" are by Lee Strobel, Sinclair Ferguson and Noel Heikkinen: