Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this, for your sermons last but an hour or two; your life preaches all the week. If Satan can only make a covetous minister a lover of praise, of pleasure, of good eating; he has ruined his ministry.

Give yourself to prayer, and get your texts, your thoughts, your words from God. In great measure, according to the purity and perfections of the instrument, will be success.

It is not great talents God blesses, so much as great likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awesome weapon in the hand of God. (Robert Murray M’Cheyne)

by Stephen Rodgers

A lot of folks are probably still recovering from Shepherds’ Conference last week, so we’ll keep this edition of the WL lean and mean so that people can get their free stuff and get back to the weekly madness.

• The free book from Logos for the month of March is Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians. In general, that’s a pretty good series for getting a high-level overview of various theological figures, so grab this if you’re a Logos-er.
• The free book of the month from christianaudio.com is Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee. I’m not familiar with this book, and I know Nee is solid on some areas of doctrine but sketchy on a few others, so listen carefully and compare everything back to Scripture…just like you would for anything else really.
• Christianaudio.com is also giving away the Good News tracts collection for free. There are some familiar names on some good topics in there, so grab it if you think it might prove useful.
• The new Tabletalk is out: John Knox and the Scottish Reformation. This is basically the inspiration for the M’Cheyne quote above. Mary Queen of Scots once remarked that she feared Knox’s prayers more than any army in Europe. Grab Tabletalk and find out why.
• And last but not least, the free book of the month from Ligonier is Derek Thomas’ How the Gospel Brings Us All the Way Home. I have really been enjoying their monthly offerings, and I expect this will be no different.

Alright everyone. Have a good week! I’ll be back in my regular seat on Sunday, and I’ll hope to see you all there.

Pro Rege