Andy Naselli

Thoughts on Theology

Douglas Wilson on Parenting

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Here are three short books by Douglas Wilson on the family:

  1. Standing on the Promises: A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing. Moscow, ID: Canon, 1997. 170 pp.
  2. Federal Husband. Moscow, ID: Canon, 1999. 110 pp.
  3. Future Men: Raising Boys to Fight Giants. 2nd ed. Moscow, ID: Canon, 2012. 199 pp.

   

I’ve appreciated much of Doug Wilson’s other works—including a pithy one on writing—but I have not read his controversial writings on federal vision or slavery. I’ve subscribed to his “Blog & Mablog” for years.

My wife carefully read Wilson’s The Case for Classical Christian Education (Wheaton: Crossway, 2003).

Reading Wilson may evoke one of three responses: [Read more…] about Douglas Wilson on Parenting

Dramatized Bible Stories for Kids

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Several months ago I learned about audio resources for children from “Your Story Hour.”

I can’t speak for their other products yet, but we’ve enjoyed listening to “The Bible Comes Alive Series,” 120 dramatized Bible stories for kids (2.1 days worth of audio):

About the stories: [Read more…] about Dramatized Bible Stories for Kids

A New Systematic Theology by an Eccentric Genius

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I’ve never met Gerald Bray, but based on many stories I’ve heard about him from friends, he’s an eccentric genius. Some have told me that he’s the most brilliant person they know.

Bray is an Anglican theologian who knows something like two dozen languages. The bachelor has one of those English accents that, to many Americans, makes him automatically sound intelligent—though it’s acquired because he is Canadian by birth. And I’ve heard that native Russians can’t tell that he has a foreign accent when he speaks Russian!

His latest book is about as eccentric as he is:

Gerald Bray. God Is Love: A Biblical and Systematic Theology. Wheaton: Crossway, 2012. 768 pp. [Read more…] about A New Systematic Theology by an Eccentric Genius

Do You Think I Wouldn’t Obey My Own Rules?

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In C. S. Lewis’s The Voyage of the Dawn Treader , Lucy reads a spell to make hidden things visible.

To her surprise, Aslan appears in the doorway:

“Oh, Aslan,” said she, “it was kind of you to come.”

“I have been here all the time,” said he, “but you have just made me visible.”

“Aslan!” said Lucy almost a little reproachfully. “Don’t make fun of me. As if anything I could do would make you visible!” [Read more…] about Do You Think I Wouldn’t Obey My Own Rules?

The Best Part about Knowing the Biblical Languages

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Scott J. Hafemann, “Is it genuinely important to use the biblical languages in preaching, especially since there are many excellent commentaries and pastors will never attain the expertise of scholars?” Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 3:2 (1999): 86–89 (formatting added):

One hour with the text is worth ten in secondary literature. . . .

But I have saved the best for last. Knowing the biblical languages enables us to do something very few commentaries ever do: trace the flow of the argument of the text. [Read more…] about The Best Part about Knowing the Biblical Languages