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 Fellowship of the Ring by Tolkien
Today I completed The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (407 pages). Unlike The Silmarillion, which unfolds as a record of origins and long decline, this book begins in a settled land whose boundaries …
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 …
The Shape of Prayer
Over a series of sessions, I attended a course of lectures on the Prayer Rule from an Orthodox perspective. I didn’t go looking for something new or exotic. I came already convinced that prayer isn’t …
The Brothers Karamazov
Having completed The Brothers Karamazov cover to cover, I find it hard to overstate its density and its power. Dostoevsky did not write a mere novel but constructed a comprehensive moral and theological drama, clothed …
