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My favorite books, sermons, blog of 2008
FAVORITE BOOKS Favorite Books on Marriage & Dating: I admit it, there's nothing for me to hide. I have done way too much reading on marriage & dating in 2008. I read a lot of books that weren't too helpful or we… -
Mark Dever on Bible Reading
What’s one thing you’ve learned after years of reading the Bible about how to read the Bible well?That’s it’s more important that I keep doing it than what I get out of it at any particular time. A lot of y… -
A random thought: Why I love exegesis
This is totally random, but it's something I think about every time I prepare a sermon... I know that most people find Bible study to be hard work and probably boring. I think the commentaries perpetuate this view towar… -
Five questions Mark Driscoll asks when he studies the Bible
What does Scripture say? To answer this we need to check translations, do our word studies, and find out exactly what words best convey the meaning of Scripture.What does Scripture mean? Here we need to interpret wh… -
why reading OLD stuff is beneficial...
This quote from Ligon Ducan got me thinking about why reading old books is very beneficial. He was asked why we should read the early church fathers, and in response, he said: "When we go back to the church fathers we s… -
My canon of theologians
So, I've been inspired by Mark Dever and C.J. Mahaney to be much more intentional and careful about my reading outside of the Bible. C.J. commented in an interview, that if he could change one thing about his reading hab… -
How to acquire and read commentaries
In response to David Kim's question, this is a "nerd" post on commentaries: FIRST, about how to acquire commentaries: (1) Read commentary reviews to insure you are buying the best commentaries. I know that this sounds … -
Lewis on Hard Theological Reading
C.S. Lewis once said this: “I believe that many who find that 'nothing happens' when they sit down, or kneel down, to a book of devotion, would find that the heart sings unbidden while they are working their way through … -
Some of the Best Books I have ever read
In no particular order... Preaching and Preachers by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (on preaching) The Supremacy of God in Preaching by John Piper (on preaching) Brothers, We are NOT Professionals by John Piper (on pastoral mini… -
What is a book chart?
From my post on June 5, I did a book chart of the book of Titus: Ch. 1 1-4 Salutation and Greeting 5-9 Command to appoint elders 10-16 Rebellious men in the church Ch. 2 1-10 Command to tea…
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Reading Digest: June 10, 2009
Hopefully this will be useful to anyone interested... -
ephesians 5:18
Do not be drunk with wine, But be filled with coff... -
almost done with first year of seminary...
Not quite, but almost...four more weeks! What hav...
