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Free Audiobook: Trusting God by Jerry Bridges

To really trust God we need to believe that he is in control of all that we experience, that he is wise in what he ordains, and that he is unfailingly good to us through it all. Our trust in God deepens as our belief in these three truths grow.

In his excellent book Trusting God, Jerry Bridges unpacks each of these three truths to help develop the kind of faith that can suffer well to the glory of God.

ChristianAudio is making Trusting God available as a free audiobook this month only.

What are you waiting for? Download it!  :-)

The Friday Foto

 

Mason prepping a Bible study for the younger kids on Tuesday night.

A Brief, Encouraging Podcast Conversation on Spurgeon

Outside of the Bible this guy is my greatest dead hero and the cool thing is I get to share a birthday with him (both June 19th).

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to a Theology Network podcast conversation about C.H. Spurgeon as I was driving today. Check it out.

If that gets you interested in getting to know him better Arnold Dallimore's Spurgeon: A New Biography is really encouraging.

Spurgeon is endlessly quotable, but I have always liked this on anxiety:

"Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength"

(Don't you just love this smiling picture of him? I didn't think they smiled for portraits back in the mid 1800's. His joy in Jesus couldn't be contained)

 

Free Audio Version of John Piper's Book Think

John Piper's book Think is available as a free audio download during the month of October at Christian  Audio.

 

"And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."  -Jesus (Mark 12:30)

Recommended Book: You Never Stop Being a Parent

If you are struggling to see how you can glorify God in your relationships with your grown children, this is the book for  you.

Reading it, you will be surprised how the Scriptures come alive, giving you wisdom you can apply immediately. I also really appreciated his use of stories (drawn from years of counseling experience) to illustrated how biblical wisdom plays out in real relationships.

This is an encouraging, hopeful book that will help you see the gospel in a fresh way, apply it to the challenges of parenting, and call you to put your hope in God.

As a father of young kids, it was helpful for me to read this book and consider how I might better prepare them for adulthood.

 

Originally posted on ErickCobb.com

December Issue of Themelios is Now Available

If you haven't checked out Themelios (the journal of The Gospel Coalition) yet, the latest one is now available for free download and it looks really good.

The Perfect Christmas Present for 26 Bucks

Westminster Bookstore is selling 2-packs of the ESV Study Bible for only $52.98.  So for about 26 bucks a person you can give this awesome study Bible.  The more I use it the more I am impressed with the wealth of information in the ESVSB.

Oh, and you can get them shipped for 4 bucks!

Other recommeded books.

Just Finished: "A Short Life of Jonathan Edwards"

I just finished A Short Life of Jonathan Edwards by George Marsden.  It is as the title indicates a short version of Marsden's larger biography of Edwards.  Many have recommend that larger volume, so I was excited to see this smaller version.  It really is a worthy read.  Jonathan Edwards was an amazing who loved God with his whole mind, heart and strength.  At just over 140 pages this book is very doable and is a great place to start in understanding America's greatest theologian.

For something even shorter, check out Piper's biographical message on Edwards (print and audio).

I was inspired by the book to read some of Jonathan Edwards sermons.  I am going to start with A Divine and Supernatural Light and then I plan on rereading Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.  The later is his most famous sermon, but from what I understand not typical of him.  He was not, as some think, always preaching about Hell.  I first read Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God in undergrad and was deeply shaken by it - in a very good way.  I highly recommend you read it.

Death by Love

Pilgrim's Progress Audio - Free! - This Month Only

Christian Audio is giving away the Pilgrim's Progress on audio (download) - this month only.

If you have never read (or listened to) The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan, 1678), repent of your backsliding and start listening to it today!

Also check out John Piper's excellent audio biography of John Bunyan.