By Jenni Naselli
Andy recently gave me Gospel Meditations for Women by Chris Anderson and Joe Tyrpak. I’m enjoying and being edified by it. It’s not fluffy.
The thirty-two-page booklet is broken into thirty-one days of specific Scripture-readings with a corresponding gospel-meditation. It applies the gospel, for example, to relationships (“The Gospel Crushes Relational Conflict”) and trials (“Jesus’ Crucifixion and My Trials”). The topics range from theology (e.g., sanctification, inspiration, Christ’s substitutionary death) to specific applications for women (e.g., modesty, singleness, romance, motherhood, older women mentors). I especially appreciate the little nuggets of application at the bottom of each page, which sum up the meditations. This morning I read, “Let the Gospel affect your relationships.” Very good. I need this.
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Jenni (and Andy, too, if it applies), have you read Milton Vincent’s GOSPEL PRIMER yet? If so, would you say they are good companion books? I’m still working through the primer, too, but finding it immensely helpful toward recognizing and living out the Gospel in daily situations.
Yes, I reviewed it in Themelios 33:1 (2008): 102–3. Agreed!