Last week I found myself in a bit of a conundrum.  I wanted to participate in an upcoming blog tour for Planting for the Gospel (Christian Focus, 2011), but had actually lent my copy of the book to a friend.  Fortunately, the kind folks at Christian Focus Publications came to my rescue and provided me [...]

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Book Details: Author: Graham Beynon Publisher: Christian Focus (2011) Binding: Paperback Page count: 128 ISBN: 9781845506360 Recommendation: Review Date: 5/26/2011 by Shaun Tabatt Rating: Recommended Review: Thinking back to my Bible college days, I don’t remember hearing a whole lot about church planting. That was some fifteen years ago, but today church planting seems to [...]

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Be sure to stop by the Christian Focus BookNotes blog this week and submit an entry for their May book giveaway.  Two lucky winners will each receive a copy of Feminine Threads: Women in the Tapestry of Christian History by Diana Lynn Severance and Touched by Greatness: Women in the Life of Moses by Dorothy [...]

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Book Details: Author: David Robertson Publisher: Christian Focus (2010) Binding: Paperback Page count: 160 ISBN: 9781845505974 Recommendation: Review Date: 5/22/2011 by Shaun Tabatt Rating: Highly Recommended Review: If you engage the people around you in conversation about spiritual things, you will quickly find that skepticism seems to be ruling the day. As with any movement, [...]

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Of Marriage and Celibacy #718
St. Augustine said, finely: A marriage without children is the world without the sun.
Table Talk: Luther’s Comments on Life, the Church and the Bible, p. 392.

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Of Marriage and Celibacy #715
A PREACHER of the gospel, being regularly called, ought, above all things, first, to purify himself before he teaches others. Is he able, with a good conscience, to remain unmarried? let him so remain; but if he cannont abstain living chastely, then let him take a wife; God has made that plaster for that sore.
Table Talk: Luther’s Comments on Life, the Church and the Bible, p. 391.

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Christian Focus Publications announced their new blog today.  You can view it at blog.christianfocus.com.

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Of God’s Word #29 – “Dr. Luther was asked whether the history of the rich man and Lazarus was a parable or an actual fact? He replied: The earlier part of the story…”

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Book Details: Author: Catherine Mackenzie Category: Children (4-7 years), Activity Publisher: CF4K (January 2011) Binding: softcover Page Count: 16 ISBN: 1845506057 Recommendation: Review Date: 2/3/2011 by Shaun Tabatt Rating: Highly recommended Review: As a parent of young children, I’m always excited to discover new ways for my kids to interact with God’s word. Attention spans [...]

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Book Details: Author: Catherine Mackenzie Category: Children (4-7 years), Activity Publisher: CF4K (January 2011) Binding: softcover Page Count: 16 ISBN: 1845506030 Recommendation: Review Date: 2/3/2011 by Shaun Tabatt Rating: Highly recommended Review: As a parent of young children, I’m always excited to discover new ways for my kids to interact with God’s word. Attention spans [...]

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