Unless Enlightened by the Holy Spirit (Hodge)

Here's a good Monday meditation on the teaching of the Word as an effectual means of salvation: The minds of men since the fall are not in a condition to receive the transforming and saving power of the truths of the Bible; and therefore it is necessary, in order to render the Word of God …

Reading Scripture with the Reformers

These books have recently found a way to my shelves: the "....with the Reformers" mini-series by IVP. I've already mention Karin Maag's contribution, Worshiping with the Reformers here and here. At some other point I'll highlight Gerald Bray's Doing Theology with the Reformers. For now, I'd like to share an excerpt of Timothy George's Reading …

God Has Done Something!! (Boice)

Did you ever read a good Christian book, enjoy it, benefit from it, and then set it aside for a time? That happened to me with J. M. Boice's Foundations of the Christian Faith. I first read this book around twenty years ago. From time to time I come back to it. Recently I re-read …

Christ and/in the Old Testament (Kuyper)

When I was a younger Christian, I would have readily admitted that the OT does contain many prophecies and promises about Christ. But the more I read Scripture, meditate on it, and read solid Christian literature about Scripture, the more I realize that the OT is Christ-centered in ways almost too deep to explain and …

Repelling Satan’s Temptations with Scripture (Winslow)

In Octavius Winslow's book, The Sympathy of Christ, he spends some time discussing Christ's temptation (Mt 4:1-11). Winslow comments on Christ's temptation and then explains how Christ understands our temptations (Heb 2:18, 4:15). He even gives practical insight into fighting off Satan's temptations in a Christ-like way. For example, Winslow says we must beware of …