I’m reading a wonderful biography by Eric Metaxas of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian and pastor who stood against so much evil in Nazi Germany. God gave him the ability to see things that others simply could not, and it frequently put him in the middle of danger. Metaxas points out that, though well educated [...]
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May God open more eyes like this in our leaders
Posted in Book Commentary on November 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fiction for the glory of God!
Posted in Book Commentary, Quotes on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week Justin Taylor posted on The Best Christian Novel You’ve Never Heard Of. Wow, was he right! The Hammer of God is more than I expected. It is excellently written, deeply moving and very clear about the realities of the Christian life. Each of the three main characters experiences God in fresh, wonderful ways that [...]
Tell your story and encourage somebody!
Posted in Book Commentary, commentary on September 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Paul woke up in a mess on Wednesday, the kind that demands attention before he can be ready for school. It was a moment ripe for a ‘why me, Lord’ thought. God, instead, reminded me of Greg Lucas’ son, who frequently also woke up in a mess. In his book, Wrestling with an Angel, Greg [...]
Miracles come in many packages
Posted in Book Commentary, Quotes on August 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Joni Eareckson Tada is such a gift to the church! She wrote her book, A Place of Healing, in the midst of terrible chronic pain – there is nothing light or breezy about this book. And there are great encouragements to be found. Like this one, in which she lays out the miracle God provided [...]
How will we bridge the gap between the academy and the church?
Posted in Book Commentary, commentary on August 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My heart sank as I read over the recommended reading list from one of the speakers at a seminar last week. I was familiar with most of the authors and many of the books on that list, and there were few I could commend as being faithful to the Bible or helpful in building up [...]
Good books for young readers that include disability
Posted in Book Commentary on July 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things we enjoy as a family is reading together. A good friend introduced us to Andrew Peterson’s Wingfeather Saga a couple of months ago and during our vacation we couldn’t put down book three – it was exciting, full of adventure and the unexpected. We can hardly wait for book four to be [...]
Sometimes we need to nudge even the best of our friends
Posted in Book Commentary, commentary on May 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Wayne Grudem has rock-star status in our household. We have his Systematic Theology (and so should you!) and we’ve given away copies of Politics – According to the Bible. He is a great thinker, clear writer, Biblical scholar and an articulate defender of the unborn. But he missed an opportunity to come out strong in defense of [...]
What is communion for?
Posted in Book Commentary, Unhelpful things on May 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Over conversation with a friend, he told me that his brother had been taken in by a health and prosperity preacher who taught him that communion is ‘the meal that heals.’ It was easy enough to find what was meant by that, along with the book this preacher would gladly sell to you (emphases in [...]
“What good does it do?”
Posted in Book Commentary, Quotes on May 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If you still haven’t downloaded Paul Miller’s book, A Praying Life (still free as of Friday for the Kindle and the Kindle app which can work on most computers and mobile devices), I hope this will encourage you to do so: I was walking down from our campsite to our Dodge Caravan when I noticed our fourteen-year-old daughter, [...]
Registration open for Desiring God’s Conference The Works of God: God’s Good Design in Disability on November 8
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God uses my pastor’s hurts to help me
Posted in Book Commentary, Quotes on December 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I was excited to learn recently that a new revised edition of The Pleasures of God will be available soon along with a DVD and study guide. It is a tremendously helpful book in understanding what makes God happy. Pastor John also reveals some of his own suffering in it, which has been a comfort [...]
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