Songs for Advent from Coram Deo Church
If you’re looking for music for the Advent season, check out this Advent EP from our friends at Coram Deo Church Community in Omaha. It includes a single from their new, upcoming album, Swallowed Up Death.
Swallowed Up Death is due out Tuesday, January 13. For more information, visit www.cdomaha.com/music.
What Is Advent?
In my latest post on the 2 Pillars Church blog, I shamelessly use Husker football in an illustration. I know, I know…how novel!
For Christians, much like the Huskers’ Tunnel Walk is a tradition established to build anticipation prior to Husker football games, Advent is a season of celebration and anticipation of the coming, or advent, of Christ.
eBook Deal: The Dawning of Indestructible Joy
The Kindle version of The Dawning of Indestructible Joy, the Advent devotional my family will be reading through this year, is on sale for $0.99 today.
You can also pick up the PDF for free over at the Desiring God website.
Update:
Looks like you can pick up the audiobook version of The Dawning of Indestructible Joy for free this month, too.
Link List for November 26, 2014
14 Best Books of 2014 Tony Reinke lays out his list of the best books of 2014, including runners-up. Admittedly, I was a little surprised to see that What’s Best Next didn’t make the cut.
“The sheep are not dumb. In fact, we would do much better if we thought of the sheep in the way in which the Puritan, Thomas Watson, described them in his sermon, ‘The Good Shepherd.’”
“The concept is simple: I want to bring you into the room with pastors, authors and artists for conversations about the craft of ministry.”
I’ll definitely be adding Ryan Huguley’s new podcast to my subscriptions list. The first episode drops December 1.
Unrelated: It appears that Huguley is not a fan of the Oxford comma.
Tim Challies’ Review of Prayer by Tim Keller
“He has written a winsome, well-rounded book that leads through theory and into practice. It is one of the strongest books on prayer I have ever read and it receives my highest recommendation.”
eBook Deal: Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor
Crossway is giving away free digital copies of “Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor” by D.A. Carson today in recognition of Pastor Appreciation Month.
And there’s more where that came from:
For the next few Mondays, in honor of this special month, we’re hosting a series of exclusive drawings, giveaways, and sales featuring resources pastors might find helpful.
Sam Storms: Advice to Young Pastors
In a new series by Matt Smethurst on The Gospel Coalition blog, Sam Storms answers the question, “What should young pastors today be studying?”:
My counsel to young pastors is to make every effort and read every book that will facilitate and deepen their “delight in the Lord” (Ps. 37:4) and enable them to communicate this truth. The only way long-term to empower people to say “No” to the passing pleasures of sin is by cultivating satisfaction in the superior pleasures of knowing and delighting in Christ.