Joel Clarkson’s Sensing God was a breath of fresh air for me. It can be easy for Christian readers to lump sensory experience into the category of “flesh” or “things of the world.” This makes our sensory experiences (taste, touch, smell, sight, hearing) immediately suspect when sin is present. But while senses can be avenues […]
Some books are worth a slow and prayerful read. I’ve studied the work of Vern Poythress for years, and I’ve spent countless hours in his office, talking about Kenneth Pike and the Trinity. He’s become a friend whose footsteps I follow in for my own approach to theological issues. But I didn’t quite know how […]
Sometimes you read a book that touches on thoughts and themes that have been growing in your own life since childhood. It’s as if the author had access to your experiences and then wrote a book that was almost custom-designed to address your concerns and caveats. But there’s even more: explanations and insights that make […]
It’s not everyday that you get to read an author who is so gifted with the craft that you don’t care what he writes about. I’ve felt that way with a few writers over my lifetime, some classic and some contemporary: Dylan Thomas, G. K. Chesterton, and C. S. Lewis among the classics; John Piper, […]
This post contains affiliate links. This is the second of John Mark’s books that I’ve read, and it’s worth your time. I agree with the author that this really is his best work to date. I read My Name Is Hope a while ago, and he carries over his conversational writing style from that work. […]
Knowledge, wisdom, and passion—those are the three qualities that coalesce to form the greatest theologians. Knowledge: a thorough understanding of what Scripture teaches and what the church has said about it. Wisdom: the application of knowledge to life and the growth of the heart in conformity to Christ. Passion: an unabated desire to commune with […]
Note: This post contains affiliate links. It’s so refreshing to read something for your spiritual development, isn’t it? That’s how I felt as I was reading this book. I’m used to reading heavier theology books. And that’s needed, make no mistake. But so is the spiritual formation of your own soul. In fact, reading much […]
[[This post contains affiliate links.]] Sometimes I encounter words worth more than reading. They demand chewing, the feeling of their texture and hardness with the teeth of your mind. I roll them around with my tongue. I savor them. It’s rare, but it happens. That was my experience with N.D. Wilson’s Death by Living. I […]
[[Note: This post contains affiliate links.]] What I Loved John Mark Comer’s book is a biblically grounded, engaging read for those of us who struggle with anxiety and depression disorders. As I work on my own book (Struck Down but Not Destroyed: Living Faithfully with an Anxiety Disorder), I’ve gained several insights and also noticed […]