The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame My rating: 4 of 5 stars Listened to this on Audible and really enjoyed it. For some reason, although I knew bits and pieces from wherever, I had never read the whole. Really good. View all my reviews
Renewal and Reformation
In the next chapter, Rod Dreher outlines a modern description of and rationale for the Benedictine order. And in the particulars, he says a number of wise and good things. Dreher sees one of the most essential things. “We need to embed ourselves in stable communities of faith” (Loc. 760). And living by rule is …
Review: A Little Book on the Christian Life
A Little Book on the Christian Life by John Calvin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very good. Straight to the point, a lot of them. View all my reviews
Review: Bring on the Girls
Bring on the Girls by P.G. Wodehouse My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is not a Wodehouse novel, but is kind of a quasi-memoir, written together with Guy Bolton, about their time in the early twentieth century writing musical comedies together. It is pretty funny, and is replete with gossip from that era, including …
Review: The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very valuable read overall. Apart from the secularism and the evolutionary assumptions, Ridley does a great job of describing things in a way that counteracts the very common and insistent cultural pessimistic narrative. Postmillenialists need to read this kind of …
Psalm 88/The Black Psalm
Introduction: In a certain sense, all the psalms are Messianic, all of them point to Jesus. But because this psalm is particularly dark, some might want to argue that perhaps it is less the case here. But I think we should actually go the other way. This psalm is in fact dark, but consider the …
Review: The Purpose of Man: Designed to Worship
The Purpose of Man: Designed to Worship by A.W. Tozer My rating: 4 of 5 stars Quite good. Tozer is solid over all, and writes with passion and intelligence. Some great word pictures as well. View all my reviews
How Flocks Are Protected
Introduction: Scripture teaches that the flocks of God are precious, and they are precious because of what it took to purchase them. “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own …
Book of the Month/March 2017
Our annual Grace Agenda conference is coming up later this month, and our outside guest is Mike Reeves. You can check out more details on the conference here. The fact that we were having him speak for us motivated me to read a couple of his books, Delighting in the Trinity and Rejoicing in Christ, …
Psalm 86/A Token for Good
Introduction: In this world, it is not possible to be a friend of God and not be in trouble with the world. Friendship with the world is enmity with God, James tells us (Jas. 4:4). It goes the other way also. Friendship with God means that you will be constantly and regularly at odds with …