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Product Details
- Cover Type:
- 144 Pages
- Publisher: Crossway/Good News Publishers
- Publication Date: May 2011
- ISBN: FTHORNJONOTETOSELFTHEDISCIPL9781433522062
Note to Self: The Discipline of Preaching to Yourself [Re: Lit]
Shows readers how to preach to themselves, and why it's important to do so daily.
We need good preaching—preaching that challenges us by God's Word and brings the comfort that comes from God's promises. Yet many of us rely solely on others to preach to us and are not benefitting from the kind of preaching that should be most consistent and personal—preaching to ourselves.
Note to Self is a practical introduction to this daily discipline. Pastor Joe Thorn delivers fifty brief, devotional chapters that model preaching the gospel to ourselves and its practical implications. Readers will be challenged by the book's direct, personal exhortations to apply the law and the gospel to their own lives. Part of the Re: Lit series.
Case quantities only: USA orders will be drop-shipped directly from the publisher. Delivery will be delayed from our regular shipping schedule. Sales tax will be charged for shipments to the following states: CA, GA, KY, WA, LA, NJ, MI, RI, MA, NC, TN, IL, OH, and PA.
About the Author
Joe Thorn is the founding and lead pastor of Redeemer Fellowship in Saint Charles, Illinois. He is an active blogger at JoeThorn.net and has written for Founders Journal.
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Joe Thorn has written a series of devotions that are concise and clear but also profound and penetrating. This is just the sort of resource that frazzled and frayed people (like this pastor!) need to read to come back to center and be refreshed by the wonder of the gospel and the beauty and majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ.- Chris Brauns, author, Unpacking Forgiveness; Pastor, The Red Brick Church, Stillman Valley, Illinois
Justin Buzzard
Lead Pastor, Garden City Church, San Jose, California; blogger, BuzzardBlog
Joe Thorn is my favorite kind of pastora theologian and a shepherd. Even better, he is a serious follower of Jesus Christ. Listen to him talk to himself’ and you will discover that he is doing more listening than talking. Read Note to Self and it will help you to hear God’s Word and discern the gracious moving of his Spirit in your own life.- John Koessler, Professor and Chair of Pastoral Studies Department, Moody Bible Institute
Chris Brauns
author, Unpacking Forgiveness; Pastor, The Red Brick Church, Stillman Valley, Illinois
I talk to myself. Joe Thorn wants me to talk to myself more. And I need that. Regardless of one’s theological view of Law and gospel, these biblical repasts are a good chew.- Jim Elliff, Christian Communicators Worldwide
John Koessler
Professor and Chair of Pastoral Studies Department, Moody Bible Institute
Joe Thorn has not only given us a good piece of writing, he’s given us a great idea! Note to Self is a series of brief notes in which Joe preaches the gospel to himself on a wide range of topics. The notes offer memorable insights on our view of God, others, and self. Everyone should write notes to self.’ Read this book and learn firsthand how to write the gospel into every nook and cranny of your life!- Jonathan Dodson, Lead Pastor, Austin City Life, Austin, Texas; founding leader, The GCM Collective; author, Gospel-Centered Discipleship
Jim Elliff
Christian Communicators Worldwide
Joe Thorn’s gift to our spiritual well-being is a contemporary, practical example of what the Puritan pastor Richard Baxter called discursive meditation.’ At once both convicting and exhilarating, Note to Self is a great resource for cultivating the godly habit of preaching to oneself.- C. Ben Mitchell, Graves Chair of Moral Philosophy, Union University
Jonathan Dodson
Lead Pastor, Austin City Life, Austin, Texas; founding leader, The GCM Collective; author, Gospel-Centered Discipleship
Martyn Lloyd-Jones once said that most of your unhappiness is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself. Joe Thorn brings this truth to bear on a new generation in Note to Self. It’s filled with pastoral concern and practical advice packaged as brief notes. I’ve been looking for a book like this my entire Christian life, and it’s every bit as good as I hoped it would be. I’m buying a copy for everyone in my church.- Steve McCoy, Pastor, Doxa Fellowship; blogger, Reformissionary
C. Ben Mitchell
Graves Chair of Moral Philosophy, Union University
I am thoroughly engrossed with Joe Thorn’s personal meditations on preaching the gospel to oneself. He combines a clear biblical knowledge with an excellent grasp of doctrine from a historical Reformed perspective and is able to press home a rich application of each aspect of truth to the development of personal holiness. These applications are not trite, but arise from knowledge of the church’s best soul doctors. My wife and I have been reading this each evening and have profited greatly. Each chapter can be managed in less than five minutes but provides an evening’s worth of rich reflection.- Tom Nettles, Professor of Historical Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Steve McCoy
Pastor, Doxa Fellowship; blogger, Reformissionary
Note to Self is a gospel-guided smart bomb scoring a direct hit on our strongholds of emptiness. But the explosion it detonates is life giving. It clears the way for Christ to enter in with powers of salvation where we really need help.- Raymond C. Ortlund Jr., Lead Pastor, Immanuel Church, Nashville, Tennessee
Tom Nettles
Professor of Historical Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
I know of no other book that deals with the issue of preaching to yourself directly, and I can’t imagine another book will come along to fill this void better than Note to Self. Pastor Joe Thorn offers a richly pastoral, theological, and practical guide for thinking through the Christian life. After reading Note to Self, you will not only have Joe’s notes on how to preach to yourself on issues related to God, others, and yourself, but also you will have a model for practicing the discipline on your own.- Ed Stetzer, President, LifeWay Research
Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.
Lead Pastor, Immanuel Church, Nashville, Tennessee
Read an interview with the author at the Biblical Counseling Coalition -Note to Self.
Ed Stetzer
President, LifeWay Research
Product Description
Shows readers how to preach to themselves, and why it's important to do so daily.
We need good preaching—preaching that challenges us by God's Word and brings the comfort that comes from God's promises. Yet many of us rely solely on others to preach to us and are not benefitting from the kind of preaching that should be most consistent and personal—preaching to ourselves.
Note to Self is a practical introduction to this daily discipline. Pastor Joe Thorn delivers fifty brief, devotional chapters that model preaching the gospel to ourselves and its practical implications. Readers will be challenged by the book's direct, personal exhortations to apply the law and the gospel to their own lives. Part of the Re: Lit series.
Case quantities only: USA orders will be drop-shipped directly from the publisher. Delivery will be delayed from our regular shipping schedule. Sales tax will be charged for shipments to the following states: CA, GA, KY, WA, LA, NJ, MI, RI, MA, NC, TN, IL, OH, and PA.
About The Author
Product Details
- Cover Type:
- 144 Pages
- Publisher: Crossway/Good News Publishers
- Publication Date: May 2011
- ISBN: FTHORNJONOTETOSELFTHEDISCIPL9781433522062