Our men’s prayer breakfast is working through John Calvin’s Little Booklet on the Christian Life in a fine, fresh translation. Today we read: “It’s no little thing to be stripped of our blind self-love and thus to be made aware of our own weakness. Moreover, having been impressed with our own weakness, we learn to … [Read more…]
I first read The Reason for God in 2008. At the time, I had never heard of Tim Keller or Redeemer Presbyterian Church. I don’t even remember how I first heard of the book. But I am so very thankful to God that I did. This book has proven to be one of the most … [Read more…]
Just this weekend I finished reading this little book – 75 pages total in the new reprint from Banner of Truth (pictured above). The title is somewhat unfortunate, because very much of what Ryle has to say is applicable not just to young men, but also to young women. The topics covered are not just … [Read more…]
Anne Stewart’s Poetic Ethics in Proverbs (Cambridge University Press: 2016) is one of my favorite kinds of books: well-written, incredibly learned, and filled with fresh, stimulating insights into not only what the Bible means, but how it achieves meaning. Stewart’s book has two main parts. In the first part, “Character and Poetry”, she talks about … [Read more…]
Back when I was a PhD student at Wheaton, I remember coming into the library’s cafe area and discovering a book lying on the table: Alan Jacobs’ A Theology of Reading: The Hermeneutics of Love (Boulder, CO: Westview, 2001). This looks interesting, I thought. And it’s one of the pleasures of PhD days that you … [Read more…]
I just finished Hans Boersma’s Scripture as Real Presence: Sacramental Exegesis in the Early Church (Baker: 2017). A fascinating read. The title should be suggestive to us Calvinists: we believe in the real presence of Christ in the Supper, namely that the body and blood of Christ are “as really, but spiritually, present to the … [Read more…]