What really makes a good church? In Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, Mark Dever gives basic biblical principles for assessing and strengthening the health of your church.

Book awards from around the web.

The Great Challenge of Every Marriage / The Perils of a Passive Man / A More Bible-Saturated Me: How the Word Revives Women / The Trinitarian Beauty of Adoption: The Father

Every edition highlights what’s new in book reviews and what I’ve been enjoying reading. As always, I point you to all of the new free eBooks I’ve found around the web.

Why Christians Are People of the Book: A Theology of Publishing by Al Hsu (IVP) / Millions of Followers? For Book Sales, ‘It’s Unreliable.’ (The New York Times)

Who Would Have Dreamed (Lighthouse Community Church) / Behold the Lamb (Communion Hymn) (Good Stewards Church) / What a Beautiful Name (Bethel Grace Church)

All Things for Good, by Thomas Watson / Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors (9Marks Journal) / The Dawning of Indestructible Joy: Daily Readings for Advent, by John Piper (DesiringGod)

Throwback: Born a Baby / Article: Get Back: 4 lessons in agility, velocity and creativity from The Beatles, by Joe Blair / Book: Firstborn, by Poor Bishop Hooper

Church Pulse Weekly Podcast: Preaching to People in Pain (Matthew Kim) / FCBC Walnut: We All Search for Living Water (Hanley Liu)

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How can we grow in knowing the grace and truth of God? In Truth For Life, Alistair Begg delivers a year of daily devotions to saturate you in the Gospel.

How can you share Bible stories with your children in a fun and interactive way? Seek and Find: New Testament Bible Stories, by Sarah Parker, is an activity book that will help you explore New Testament Bible stories with your children.