Posted in Banner of Truth, Books, Church History, Pastoral Ministry, Youth Ministry on May 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Here is an excellent quote by William Orme on the affects of religion on youth. William Orme was a Congregationalist minister in Perth, Scotland in the late 1700’s and 1800’s. He also wrote a biography on 17th century Puritan, John Owen. This quote is found in The St. Andrews Seven by Stuart Piggin and John [...]
Posted in Books, Historical Theology on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Michael Haykin gives helpful advice on “Where to Start in Reading Patristics” here.
Take a look at his other blog entry “What To Read of the Fathers” here.
Posted in Books, Church History, Historical Theology on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
“We are like dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants; thanks to them, we see farther than they. Busying ourselves with the treatises written by the ancients, we take their choice thoughts, buried by age and human neglect, and we raise them, as it were from death to renewed life.” Peter of Blois (d. 1212) [...]
Posted in Books, Church History, Philip Melanchthon on April 6, 2008 | No Comments »
I have just begun to read The European Reformations by Carter Lindberg for a class in Reformation Church History by Joel Beeke. Having acquainted myself with the layout and contents of the book I opened up to the Preface. The first two lines are a quote from Philip Melanchthon. He wrote, “Human life without knowledge [...]
Posted in Books, Puritan Theological Seminary, Reformation Heritage Books, Westminster Bookstore on April 6, 2008 | No Comments »
In my last post on purchasing books I mentioned I buy most of my books through Westminster Bookstore. The other store that gets most of my orders is Reformation Heritage Books. They have a great selection, good prices, and offer very good service.
While you’re at it, check out their seminary Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and [...]
Posted in Bible Reading, Books, John Murray, Romans, Sinclair Ferguson, Uncategorized on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Interacting with godly men is always a time of reaping much from the fruit of their labor. What often may come as a surprise are the ‘extra’ answers given to questions asked. Getting such an ‘extra’ answer easily makes one feel like the privileged dog getting the crumbs from his master’s table.
I want to [...]
Posted in Bible Reading, Books, John Calvin, John Murray, Romans, Sinclair Ferguson, Uncategorized on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
When a man of God like Sinclair Ferguson devotes his whole life to the study of Romans, we ought to ask questions and listen. In the first post on Sinclair Ferguson on Romans, I asked him about his approach to reading this Epistle. I followed up by asking him what was the commentary on Romans [...]
Posted in Bible Reading, Books, Derek Thomas, John Calvin, John Murray, Reformation 21, Romans, Sinclair Ferguson on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
I was first alerted to Dr. Sinclair Ferguson’s approach to reading the Bible through a post by Dr. Derek Thomas on the blog of Reformation 21. Dr. Thomas quotes a portion of Ferguson’s talk,
We ought not to read the Bible randomly, nor should one just read the Bible consecutively. It was reading something of [...]
Posted in Books, Jonathan Edwards, Preaching, Solomon Stoddard on March 23, 2008 | No Comments »
“We are not sent into the pulpit to shew our wit and eloquence but to set the consciences of men on fire.” by Solomon Stoddard, grandfather of Jonathan Edwards, quoted in Jonathan Edwards A New Biography by Ian H Murray, pg. 8.
Posted in Books, Historical Theology on March 20, 2008 | No Comments »
In Seminary I was introduced to Richard A. Muller’s Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics. After leaving seminary, I finally purchased the 4 volume set. I have had good intentions of getting into this set, but have not taken the time. In reality, I haven’t had the discipline.
Recently I was reading Dr. Scott Clark’s blog (Heidelblog) and was [...]
Posted in Al Mohler, Books, Shepherds' Conference on March 13, 2008 | No Comments »
It is no secret that Grace Community Church takes care of the attendees of the Shepherds’ Conference (SC). Their service is a vivid picture of how we should serve one another. One way they serve the conference attendees is by giving an annual gift. This year they gave a $50 gift card to be used [...]
Posted in Books, Evangelism, Mark Dever on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Mark Dever on getting the Gospel right in our evangelism:
“Buildings are built on foundations. Some of the most critical ground work in building a healthy church happens in our evangelism. Both in what we say and how we say it, we’re saying something about how we understand not only the Gospel, but its implications for [...]
Posted in Books on March 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I love books. Due to demands of ministry, I am constantly falling behind in reading; i.e. I own more books than I have read. I don’t feel bad about that because when I need them, they are right there–they are faithful friends!
I purchase the vast majority of my books through Westminster Bookstore. They have a [...]
Posted in Books on March 9, 2008 | No Comments »
One of the books I purchased from the Shepherds’ Conference Bookstore was The Loveliness of Christ by Samuel Rutherford published by Banner of Truth Trust. I have been reading various portions of it this evening. I commend this book to you. It points the reader back to Christ as the fullest satisfaction of of our [...]
