Last week after one of the services where I was preaching, an older man came up to talk with me. One of the joys of these situations for me is the opportunity to hear from such saints who have walked with the Lord for many decades. This man was 89 and told me how he […]
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The Discipleship Study Bible
With all the new study Bibles coming out this year and new editions of previous ones, a number of people have dubbed this the “Year of the Study Bible.” I have commented on these in my forthcoming annual survey of bibles and bible reference books for Preaching Magazine (you can see last year’s installment here). […]
Stand: A Call for the Endurance of the Saints
Stand: A Call for the Endurance of the Saints, ed. John Piper & Justin Taylor (Crossway, 2008), pb., 157 pp. I just received my copy of this book and thumbed through it reading various portions. I had not intended really to read anything just yet, but I found myself captivated. “Perseverance” is a word I […]
Charles Brown posts
This past Spring I read Charles Brown’s The Ministry and found it a wonderful little book packed with much wisdom for pastoral ministry. Since that time I have been meaning to comment on various portions of the book. I have been delayed for numerous reasons but Eric Smith over at Shepherd of the Sheep has […]
Ella Broadus Robertson
Since I commented on Broadus yesterday it is appropriate today to link to a recent Kairos Journal article on his daughter, Ella Broadus Robertson. Her husband was A. T. Robertson, prominent Greek scholar at Southern Seminary in the early 20th century. This Kairos Journal article summarizes Mrs. Robertson’s work in speaking to women and encouraging […]
Broadus Book
John A. Broadus: A Living Legacy Ed., David Dockery & Roger Duke (B&H Academic, 2008), pb., 272 pp. It continues to be so encouraging to see the quality of material coming from B&H Academic these days. I recently received a copy of this book on John Broadus, and it looks great. Broadus was a giant […]
The Book Tree
The Book Tree: A Christian Reference for Children’s Literature, 2d edition Elizabeth McCallum & Jane Scott (Canon Press, 2008), pb., 275 pp. This is a wonderful book that will be a great resource for every family. A mother-daughter team provides here an annotated, age-graded list of their picks of the best books. Their prefaces are […]
