The Fear of God
Having completed the book “The Fear of God” by John Bunyan, I have taken notes on the subject matter as it is of necessary and pressing personal interest. The book, published by Banner of Truth …
De Spiritu Sancto by St. Basil
Today I completed Saint Basil the Great’s On the Holy Spirit, translated by Stephen M. Hildebrand in the Popular Patristics Series from St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press (ISBN 978-0-88141-876-7). This reading was recommended to me while …
The King in His Beauty
Today I finished cover to cover The King in His Beauty by Thomas Schreiner (714 pages, ISBN: 978-0801039393). The King in His Beauty, published by Baker Academic, is one of the best biblical theologies I …
The Life of Antony
Today I completed The Life of Antony by St. Athanasius. I read it in the nineteenth-century English edition contained in St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters, Volume IV of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of …
Beloved
Today I finished the book Beloved by Francis Chan and Mercy Gordon, and it reminds me of what really matters. It returns to what is already true, allowing it to settle with time. Reading it …
Union with Christ
Having completed the book Union with Christ: The Blessings of Being in Him by Sinclair B. Ferguson (hardcover ISBN 978-1848717237) cover to cover, what stayed with me wasn’t just how the book explains union with …
The Discipline of Grace
Today I completed the book The Discipline of Grace, and it was a helpful, clear grounding in what it means to live by discipline through grace. Various disciplines were covered, spanning thoughts, words, and actions, …
The Life of Discipleship
Discipleship, as I’ve known it, is not an event or a study. It is not a group you attend or a curriculum you complete. It is a way of life that is intentionally formed in …
The Weight of Holiness
Having today completed The Holiness of God by R. C. Sproul (ISBN: 978-0842314985), it becomes clear that the book unfolds according to Sproul’s Reformational approach to Scripture. Rather than presenting holiness through abstract definition, he …
Shepherds for Sale
Shepherds for Sale by Megan Basham documents how influential areas within American evangelical leadership have permitted political interests, major philanthropic funding, and concerns about institutional reputation to shape the public expression of theology. Drawing on …
The Abomination of Degradation
There are seasons in the Christian life when warmth fades, and clarity dims, and it becomes necessary to ask a searching question: Is this a purifying dryness permitted by God, or the early stages of …
The Divine Indwelling
Today I finished the book How to Be Filled with the Holy Spirit by Moody Publishers. The book is a compilation of sermons from A.W. Tozer about the Holy Spirit and His indwelling presence. The …
The Pursuit of Holiness
Having completed The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges, the book presents biblically grounded principles showing that Christians pursue holiness only because they are already united to Christ and strengthened by the indwelling Holy Spirit …
The Knowledge of the Holy
Today I finished reading The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer, and what remains with me most is a renewed sense of wonder about who God is and why that matters beyond mere theology …
God’s Pursuit of Man
God’s Pursuit of Man is the third book I’ve read by A. W. Tozer, and it stands in clear continuity with the others in both concern and direction. This book is about God’s initiative toward …
The Pursuit of God
Today I fully completed A.W. Tozer’s The Pursuit of God, a first reading of his work and one that left a piqued impression upon both mind and spirit. Tozer’s pages develop with the gravity of …
Patterns of Judgment
Any discussion of divine judgment must begin by recognizing that Scripture does not speak of it in a single, uniform way. For those who do not belong to God—those whom the Gospel describes as already …
Third Reading: Holy Bible (KJV)
Today, September 12th, 2025, I finished reading the King James Version of the Bible from cover to cover. The copy was 1,647 pages long, and I revisited many books, chapters, and passages multiple times. The …
About James
☩ U.S. military veteran and electrical engineer with an MBA from Pepperdine University and an M.A. in Theological Studies. My background includes wilderness exploration with over 140 mountain ascents and travel throughout Europe and the Americas. My life is in Christ, under the authority of Holy Scripture, with ongoing pursuits in engineering, literature, the sciences, and theology.
