This book, the first in a promising new series that Stephen Nichols and Justin Taylor are editing, comes out later this month:
Fred G. Zaspel. Warfield on the Christian Life: Living in Light of the Gospel. Theologians on the Christian Life. Wheaton: Crossway, 2012. 240 pp.
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This book has a clever cover and title:
Carl R. Trueman. Fools Rush in Where Monkeys Fear to Tread: Taking Aim at Everyone. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian & Reformed, 2011. 241 pp. 
Kevin DeYoung’s endorsement says it well: [Read more…] about A New Collection of Carl Trueman Essays
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?
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
This is drive-the-evil-spirit-out-of-Saul kind of music.
I’ve listened to this 2.1-hour album a few hundred times. It doesn’t get old.
Four helps for learning from Jesus’ rhetoric:
1. Joe Carter and John Coleman. How to Argue Like Jesus: Learning Persuasion from History’s Greatest Communicator. Wheaton: Crossway, 2009.
Paul writes Timothy in 2 Tim 2:22,
Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (NIV)
But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart. (NET)
Ray Van Neste observes in the ESV Study Bible,
The pursuit of right is not to be done alone but along with other believers. Connection with the community of faith is essential for both progress in sanctification and perseverance in the faith.
Similarly, the NET Bible note observes,
In company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart alludes to the value of the community of believers for the development of Christian virtues.
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The book I highlighted last Friday concludes with an annotated bibliography:
Douglas S. Huffman and Philip E. Lueck. “For the Biblical Worldview on Academic Disciplines.” Pages 171–223 in Christian Contours: How a Biblical Worldview Shapes the Mind and Heart. Edited by Douglas S. Huffman. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2011.
The first part is entitled “General Reading on the Biblical Worldview” (pp. 172–76), and Kregel gave me permission to share it here. They explain, “The books we mark as classics in their fields (‡) need not represent what we think is the best perspective. Our goal for this bibliography is to encourage interactive reflection on the biblical worldview and not merely to list books we agree with.”
Bertrand, J. Mark. (Re)Thinking Worldview: Learning to Think, Live, and Speak in this World. Wheaton: Crossway, 2007.
A seminar leader on Christian worldview, Bertrand covers worldview as the story of creation, fall, and redemption (part 1). He focuses on wisdom (part 2) and witness (part 3) as essential for intentional living, including treatments on critical reading, apologetics, and cultural contribution. [Read more…] about Resources on Worldview
