The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, … Continue reading Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
I had the awesome privilege of speaking at my home church this past weekend. I talked about “Five Smooth Stones of Faith” from 1 Samuel 17–the David and Goliath story. Take a listen! Continue reading Five Smooth Stones of Faith | 1 Samuel 17
“Luther was a problem,” writes Herman Selderhuis in Martin Luther: A Spiritual Biography. “Certainly for the pope and the emperor, but often he was also a problem for his fellow reformers.” However, Luther was problematic to those people in different … Continue reading Martin Luther: A Spiritual Biography | Book Review
The Midnight Line is Lee Child’s twenty-second novel featuring Jack Reacher. Reacher sees a West Point class ring in a pawn shop window. Being a product of West Point himself, he knows it is not something a graduate would part … Continue reading The Midnight Line | Book Review
Two Kinds of Truth begins with the interruption of an interruption of an investigation. Retired from the LAPD, Harry Bosch is volunteering with the San Fernando police as a cold-case investigator. While working a 15-year-old unsolved mission person case, he … Continue reading Two Kinds of Truth | Book Review
Psalm 19 describes two forms of divine revelation. The first is general revelation: “The heavens declare the glory of God” (verse 1). The second is special revelation: “The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul” (verse 7). What … Continue reading Whisper | Book Review
For nearly 70 years, English-language readers have been well served by Roland H. Bainton’s classic biography of Martin Luther, Here I Stand. A slew of new biographies has come off the presses in time for the 500th anniversary of the … Continue reading Martin Luther: A Late Medieval Life | Book Review
