The Freebie Round-Up #14

Heads up! Time for some freebies that will complete your weekend. And as usual Delighting Grace assures your 100 % satisfaction by bring free stuff that you can use to help your personal growth and the ministry that you are apart of. Praying that these resources will point you to Christ goodness and to prepare you to serve others.

FREE Charles Spurgeon’s Christ’s Glorious Achievements e-book– Banner of Truth delivers this essential book from the Prince of Preachers. Just choose epub format of the book, add it in your cart and before you check out, use this coupon code: spurgeonebook.

FREE Why God Made Cities e-book by Tim Keller – A free e-book from his Redeemer City to City outreach, Keller explains how global cities can be renewed by God (scroll down on the page and look for the freebie).

*In case you missed these : 5 Christian Podcast You Should Be Listening Right Now, 7 Awesome Ways to Learn Church History Online for Free, 7 Short But Excellent Christian Books I Have Read, 5 Important Things to Do Before Starting to Read A Book, 3 Essential Reasons to Re-Read Your Favorite Book. 

FREE Duties of a Gospel Minister e-book by John Holt Rice – A brand new e-book freebie from Log College Press. Click the Click Here for a Free E-book! button.

FREE The Whole Story of the Bible in 16 Verses e-book by Chris Bruno – Get this great book from Crossway just by filling up a quick survey.

FREE audiobooks of  Pursuing God and Wasted Faith by Jim Elliff –  There are two audiobooks for free download written by Jim Elliff from Christian Communicator Worldwide. Check the links and enjoy listening to the books.

And now for some non-Reformed freebies….

FREE Christian Metalcore bands advice on overcoming depression and finding purpose e-booklet – This free e-booklet collects advice from bands like Silent Planet, Memphis May Fire, Fit for a King etc., on how to cope with depression and finding purpose in life. This is from HeartSupport ministry.

*In case you missed these: Collecting the Past: Delighting Grace Interviews Caleb of Log College Press,  Accessible Apologetics: Delighting Grace Interviews Jason L. Petersen, Squad Goals: Delighting Grace Interviews Theron St. John, Tested by Time: Delighting Grace Interviews Dr. Isabelo Magalit.

FREE How to Self-Publish and Expand Your Ministry guide – This free publishing guides pastors on how to publish their own books and further expand his ministry.

 

 

 

 

 

The Freebie Round-Up #13

Howdy! Time for some freebies that will complete your week. Delighting Grace insures your maximum satisfaction by bring free stuff that you can use to help your personal growth and the ministry that you are apart of. Praying that these resources will point you to Christ goodness and to prepare you to serve others.

FREE Beacon Lights Magazine download – A magazine for the reformed youth, you can browse their complete issue list and download anything for free.

FREE Relationship evangelism training video and pdf download – A evangelism method that deals first on building up relationships to unbelievers, Free Reformed Church of Southern River offers this resource for free.

FREE Tons of Lutheran Resources – Blogger Mary Moerbe collects these awesome freebies to download and enjoy.

*In case you missed these : 5 Christian Podcast You Should Be Listening Right Now, 7 Awesome Ways to Learn Church History Online for Free, 7 Short But Excellent Christian Books I Have Read, 5 Important Things to Do Before Starting to Read A Book, 3 Essential Reasons to Re-Read Your Favorite Book. 

FREE Homosexuality and Homosexual Relationship PDF Reports – These reports are geared to the church and the pastor in understanding these controversial topics.

FREE Good News Magazine download – The official church magazine of Airdrie Reformed Presbyterian Church, includes great articles that are biblical and encouraging.

And now for some non-Reformed freebies:

FREE “Never Forgotten: Challenges and Triumphs of Children With a Parent in Prison” e-book – Inspirational true stories in ebook format from Prison Fellowship.

*In case you missed these: Collecting the Past: Delighting Grace Interviews Caleb of Log College Press,  Accessible Apologetics: Delighting Grace Interviews Jason L. Petersen, Squad Goals: Delighting Grace Interviews Theron St. John, Tested by Time: Delighting Grace Interviews Dr. Isabelo Magalit.

FREE Small Group Bible Guide –Titled “Trace the Themes” this free offer is from Zondervan that aims to help the believer understand major themes of the Bible that points to God’s narrative of redemption.

 

The Freebie Round-Up #12

Howdy! Time for some freebies that will complete your week. Delighting Grace insures your maximum satisfaction by bring free stuff that you can use to help your personal growth and the ministry that you are apart of. Praying that these resources will point you to Christ goodness and to prepare you to serve others.

FREE “How to Study The Bible Boot Camp” from Credo Courses – This perfectly crafted for small groups and Sunday school lessons contains 4 lessons with 45 minutes each. Enjoy the free digital video download.

FREE “The Wiersbe Bible Study from David C. Cook – Titled Daniel: Determined to Go God’s Direction, challenge us to have a laser sharp focus on God and not to compromise to what the world demands.

*In case you missed these : 5 Christian Podcast You Should Be Listening Right Now, 7 Awesome Ways to Learn Church History Online for Free, 7 Short But Excellent Christian Books I Have Read, 5 Important Things to Do Before Starting to Read A Book, 3 Essential Reasons to Re-Read Your Favorite Book. 

FREE 6 e-books from Tony Carter’s East Point Church – If you love Anthony Carter’s book Blood Work, you’ll definitely want to check other stuff provided free by East Point Church.

FREE e-pamphlets from Crete Protestant Reformed Church – 14 pamphlets to be exact, covering various topics from a Reformed perspective.

FREE 10 Myths About God video lessons by e-mail from Credo Courses – Another freebie from Credo Courses, these lessons that list the 10 myths about God, are delivered everyday by e-mail.

*In case you missed these: Collecting the Past: Delighting Grace Interviews Caleb of Log College Press,  Accessible Apologetics: Delighting Grace Interviews Jason L. Petersen, Squad Goals: Delighting Grace Interviews Theron St. John, Tested by Time: Delighting Grace Interviews Dr. Isabelo Magalit.

FREE Resources Library Access from Reformed Mama – Access tons of resources on catechisms and teaching materials for kids just by signing up to Reformed Mama’s mailing list.

And finally one non-Reformed freebie:

FREE “The Last Words of the Martyrs” by Jeff King – An excerpt to an upcoming book this free e-booklet presents gripping stories of  Christian martyrs as they pay the ultimate price following Christ .

 

 

  

The Freebie Round-Up #11

Heads up guys! As we add another round up post that caters to Youtube videos, I’m excited to announce that The Digital Round-Up (Freebie Edition) is now The Freebie Round-Up. Instead of starting back to #1, I decided to continue it from its former title. Sort of a mini-milestone celebration that we give it a stand alone title but still the freebies you’ll enjoy. So enjoy this post and of the contents here in Delighting Grace.

FREE e-books Reformed creeds, confessions and supplemental resources – Monergism provides a ton of e-books specializing on creeds and confessions we all love. Download these free stuff and learn about the Scripture and history.

FREE Exclusive clip “How I Truly Overcome Addiction”  –  This week you might have watched Jeff Durbin’s testimony titled “The Overdose That Didn’t Kill Me”. In addition to that powerful clip, Anchored North provided a bonus clip that is not included to the video. Sign up for free to watch this extra material.

FREE audio and video download of R. C. Sproul teaching series – For a limited time, “What Did Jesus Do?” by the late R. C. Sproul can be download in audio and video. This is over 4 hours of teaching about the works of Christ.

FREE audio download of “Top 10 Discoveries in Biblical Archaeology” by Tim Kimberley –  Another fleeting offer you must grab, this freebie is courtesy of Credo Courses. Also like the R. C. Sproul freebie, you have to register to download the digital audio.

FREE magazine download of “Harvest USA” – Harvest USA caters to individuals who sexually struggles by providing resources that points them to Christ. Download the magazine and get helpful articles.

FREE e-book “The Gospel” by Ray Ortlund – Complete this brief survey from Crossway and you’ll get this freebie.

FREE e-chart and document files from Ben-B-Rock– This blogger provides some materials to explain various topics of the Bible.

The Freebie Round-Up #10

Heads up guys! As we add another round up post that caters to Youtube videos, I’m excited to announce that The Digital Round-Up (Freebie Edition) is now The Freebie Round-Up. Instead of starting back to #1, I decided to continue it from its former title. Sort of a mini-milestone celebration that we give it a stand alone title but still the freebies you’ll enjoy. So enjoy this post and of the contents here in Delighting Grace.

FREE 5 Courses from Credo Courses – Credo Courses has been generous in the past months that they always do a freebie. But in case you have missed the 5 courses, they are bringing it back for all of us. Crusades Boot Camp, Apologetics Boot Camp, Bibliology and Hermeneutics, Textual Criticism, and Understanding Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses are free either video or audio download.

FREE e-book “Show Then Tell” by Eric McKiddie –  A collection of 52 sermon-ready gospel-centered illustrations e-book that will help you point your listeners to Christ.  Download it here.

FREE e-book “What Is the Reformed Faith? High Points of Calvinism” – Part of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, you can get this e-book in other digital formats plus loads more of free e-books simply by going to their Store.

FREE E-mail Course “Defend Your Faith with Confidence” – Got this from a Facebook friend’s apologetics website. Subscribe to this e-mail course and it will give you 4 lessons  in defending the faith.

FREE Bible Studies from Reformed Youth Ministries – Prayer 101 and Bible 101 are 12 week study for middle and high schoolers.

Now for some Non-Reformed freebies….

FREE program “Exploring Teen Suicide”– A program to examine this sad trending tragedy that impacts the youth. Included in this free program download are the hour long film, hosting recipe, hand outs and a trailer video of the program. This freebie is from YouthMinistry.com.

FREE e-book “6 Everyday Ideas” – Help your teens in sharing the faith by downloading this free e-book from Dare2Share.

The Digital Round- Up (Freebie Edition #9)

Christian freegans heads up! Here we are again for another freebie edition of “The Digital Round-Up”. So gather up and delete some space on your gadgets and make way for these free stuff that will help you walk with God.

FREE “Group Magazine Special: Discipleship Edition” – A non-Reformed resource for getting ideas in discipleship for the youth ministry.

FREE e-book “Christ All in All by William Swan Plumer “ from Log College Press – A freebie from this tiny publishing house that offers 18th-19th century American Presbyterian authors.

FREE “The Theology of Money” by Randy Alcorn (slides and pdf guides only) – Randy Alcorn is great in teaching about how Christians use their money. So this class is worth the look.

FREE e-book “Be Ye Holy: The Reformed Doctrine of Santification” by David J. Engelsma and Herman Hanko – Got some books from this Reformed publishing house and its on my reading list. This is a free sample on what you can expect from their writings.

FREE e-book “Gospel Worship” by Jeremiah Burroughs – a collection of 14 sermons on the proper manner and approach in worshiping God from a Puritan perspective.

FREE “Book of Psalms from the Preacher’s Bible” – Get to sample the Preacher’s Bible by downloading this free “Book of Psalms”.

FREE “Sacred Meditations” by Johann Gerhard – 51 medittations from this prominent Lutheran theologian.

7 Awesome Ways to Learn Church History Online for Free

 Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano once said “History never really says goodbye. History says, ‘See you later.’ Well it depends on what history we want to welcome. Its either mistakes or victories of the past that will be knocking at our doors.  However we can anticipate the comeback when we look at history. Christians should study church history. Here’s 7 ways to learn church history without breaking the bank. Of course, nothing can beat having a seminary training about church history and I highly encourage you to do so. However, for those who can’t go to a seminary or even buy a book in church history, this list can be a good place to know about this important subject:

1. Get church history daily in your inbox – Christian History Institute offers a daily  It Happened Today sort of a”this day in history” thing simply by subscribing to their e-mail list (scroll down to the bottom till you find the subscribe box.)

2. Listen to a 5 minute podcast – Aside from the cool Cranberries intro, this weekly podcast on church history hosted by Dr. Stephen Nichols takes a slice of church history and discusses how God works to events, people and places and how it’s relevant to our time. 5 Minutes of Church History is non technical in approach and because it’s brief, you can easily tuck it to your podcast listening list.

     Now for some hardcore stuff….

3. Watch lectures over Youtube – Ryan Reeves church history lectures are superb. If you check his Youtube channel, you’ll see his 64 k subscribers and some of his 20-30 minute videos had been viewed 500 k times. Very impressive. His videos consist of pictures and notes for viewers to catch the important words, names and events. The audio and images are great. Ryan Reeves  Historical Theology for Everyone is a must watch!

If you want, however, to see an actual lecture, you can also check Carl E. Trueman’s lectures on The Reformation presented in The Master’s Seminary.

4. Listen to a Sunday School series – Tommy Nelson of Denton Bible Church, gives a series simply titled Church History, in engaging and exciting way, considering the dread of studying historical stuff.  The audio quality is good and you can feel the churchy setting to were this series is given.

Moving to Sermon Audio, I would like to recommend two Sunday School series that tackles church history. First is from Brian Borgman,pastor of Grace Community Church Nevada, A Survey of Church History . Love the audio quality and how Borgman articulate the teachings which are not intimidating. Last one is from Dr. James White Church History Series .  If you know James White, his debates and podcast, you’ll find this at par from what he dishes out. The audio quality is not that good but if you like what you hear and like White you’ll gonna stick around for this series.

5. Download a Seminary app – Reformed Theological Seminary has an app that you can download in various app stores for free. The lecturer is Dr. S. Donald Fortson and you can access these lectures on i-Tunes U from your i-phone and i-Pad.

6. Sign up on an online seminary level course – You can check out audio lectures of Ancient and Mediaval History and Reformation and Modern History courses at Covenant Theological Seminary. You have to create an account to access it complete with downloadable MP3, transcript and study guides. You can check other seminaries that has church history courses by clicking here.

7. Dowload e-books on Church History – If your’re not into the audio and video lectures, you can download free e-books on church history. A simple search on Mogernism.com yields some books that you can check out.

So thats my list, so what’s yours? Kindly comment in the comment section on what should be added on the list. By the way, I would like to thank Dead Men Community, TCB Family and the Baptist Review Facebook Groups for giving me some of what has been included on the list. It really helped me to write this article and gave me ways to self-study Church History.

The Digital Round-Up # 24

Hey folks! Prepare for another round of the “The Digital Round-Up” as we serve you interesting articles, freebies and videos. And if you’re enjoying this stuff, please do tell us on the comment section. So buckle up and enjoy the thrill.

FREE “The Treasury of God’s Wisdom” – A collection of essays from the Westminster Seminary Califonia faculty that focuses on the theme of biblical wisdom in a devotional style.

YouVersion Bible Lens App – Alan Noble takes on the new app from YouVersion and why we should be cautious on using this app.

What is Post-Modernism? – From my Facebook friends comes a new blog titled “Better Promises”. I hope you guys check it often. As a sampler of what they can offer, check this article they posted.

How Does Praying For Others Helps You? – This article from For The Church blog emphasize ways how praying for others can be beneficial for  believers.

Puritans started federalism – Its a hot topic here in the Philippines as the nation ponders on federal form of government. People want change and they want to start by changing the government. This article is so meaty on the history of federalism founded by the Puritans.

Tsundoku: The practice of buying more books than you can read – Interesting article describing this habit among hardcore bookworms.

Teddy Roosevelt Criticizing Cynicism – Excellent article on why cynicism according to Theodore Roosevelt doesnt really help and disrupts progress.

 

The Digital Round- Up (Freebie Edition #7)

Booyah! Freebie fanatics unite! Here we are again for another freebie edition of “The Digital Round-Up”. So gather up and delete some space on your gadgets and make way for these free stuff that will help you walk with God.

FREE audio and video downloads of “Textual Criticism” by Dan Wallace – Credo Courses made this offer for a very very limited time so get it now.

FREE e-book “Be Equipped” by Warren W. Weirsbe-This freebie too is fleeting away so better download this book that help Christians get to hold God’s best for their lives .

FREE e-book and audiobook of “The Pilgrim’s Progress” This classic work from John Bunyan is generously uploaded by Monergism in this modern English version.

FREE album download “Instruments of Mercy” by Beautiful Eulogy. Im digging this group that mix biblical truth and experimental hip-hop creating a unique sound that is organic. You can check them also on Spotify.

FREE “Preparing for Marriage” by Joel Beeke – A very short book on seeking and preparing for a spouse biblically.

FREE sermon e-booklets from “Gospel Trumpet”. Downloadable sermon booklets from Joel Beeke and David Lipsy.

FREE e-book “Come To Me!: An Urgent Invitation to Turn to Christ” by Tom Wells. An engaging look at what it means to come to Christ.

5 Things I Love About YouVersion Bible App

Recently, my wife bought an i-Phone and she starts downloading apps. She asked me what Bible app should she download and use. Without hesitation I said YouVersion app. I love it and I think millions of users of this great Bible app will agree with me with these 5 reasons (And oh before I forgot it’s their 10 year anniversary and here’s how we can celebrate with the app):

Multiple Bible versions and Translations. Can you imagine a Bible app that has tons of Bible versions and translations free to download? Well YouVersion has it. With multiple versions and translation you can compare and understand any given passages. Also you can listen to the audio of the Bible.

Tracks and encourages you in your Bible reading. Keep on track with the progress of your Bible reading time by its built-in tracker. It gives you the streak and weeks of how many times you read your Bible. You also receive a “Verse of the Day” in this great app.

Add a friend or interact with someone on the app.  It’s like Facebook but with Bible verse or devotional plan progress as status. You can like and comment on you friends status. You can invite others from Facebook to check out this app and enjoy God’s Word.

Devotional plans and Video.There a many devotional plans you can use in YouVersion. You can choose a plan base on a passage of Scripture, topic you want to explore or if going through something your life. Videos are also awesome.  You can check some gospel presentation and some clips from The Bible Project.

Share the Bible over social media. Like any other Bible app, you can share God’s Word over Facebook or Instagram. What makes it cool is that you can post the verse with an image so it can be eye catching to your friends.

There you have it the 5 things I love about YouVersion app. I hope you check the app over your App Store or Google Play. God bless as you delight on God’s Word.