Here are just a few more quotes from the great little book Hints for Parents. From these you can see the theological awareness and pastoral earnestness of the book. “To the religious character of our children, everything else ought to be made subservient. Our high privilege is to ‘bring up children in the nurture and …
Hints for Parents, by Gardiner Spring With Gospel Encouragements by Tedd Tripp (Shepherd Press, 2004), hb., 80 pp. This is a great little book for all parents. Spring was a 19th century Presbyterian pastor who was highly regarded. His comments to parents have been edited (language updated) and Tedd Tripp has inserted comments and encouragements …
Mark Dever has released an updated version of his popular booklet, “9 Marks of a Healthy Church.” The updated edition is titled What is a Healthy Church? And is in the form of a little hardback (similar to many Mahaney titles). I really like this format and this tool continues to be extremely helpful in …
The following lengthy quote is from J. I. Packer’s introduction to Richard Baxter’s Christian Directory.. The task of writing an encyclopedia entry on Baxter has given me opportunity to delve some more into the man who in the eyes of many embodies the oversight of souls. This quote provides a great contrast between the pastoral …
I am convinced that one of the major problems in contemporary American Christianity is pride. I think this is the case in the workings of my own denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention. We so easily cave to the allure of the praise of men. Early we learn that the way forward is to lavish human-centered …
Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who Walk with God, Voddie T. Baucham, Jr. (Crossway, 2007), hb., 222 pp. I finished reading this book this weekend and really enjoyed it. My primary overall reaction was, “This book more than any other I have read expresses what my wife and …
Duel in the Wilderness , Karin Clafford Farley (The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1995), pb., 215 pp. Ages 10+ This book chronicles George Washington’s expedition into the Ohio country as an emissary of the Governor of Virginia and the King of England to deliver a message to the French who were pushing into territory claimed by …
Here are two other related quotes from The Greatest Century of Missions. “Missionary service demands dedication, determination and discipline – and these qualities are basically rejected by the television generation.” (p. 127) “CMS Missionary at Uganda, Alexander Macay, when 27 years old, expressed the singleminded determination common to 19th century volunteers: ‘I want to remind …
At my blog on Pastoral ministry I have reviewed a great book on missions and am in the midst of posting some quotes from it. One quote fits particularly well here. It comes from William Wilberforce, known for his crusade against slavery. In the midst of his busy life, he still could say: “. . …
As promised, here is a quote from The Greatest Century of Missions. In describing the determination of the 19th century missionaries, Hammond relates this great exchange from John Paton. “Amongst many who sought to deter me, was one dear old Christian gentleman, whose crowning argument was, ‘The Cannibals! You will be eaten by Cannibals!’ At …