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 …

Concise Theology: Perseverance (Packer)

Here's a helpful book for Christians who want a resource that briefly summarizes the main truths of the faith: Concise Theology by J. I. Packer. If you've read anything by Packer, you know he writes very clearly and understandably. Concise Theology is classic Packer in that it is well written, solidly biblical, and easy to …

“…It Is Not God You Comprehend” (Augustine/Bavinck)

When the Bible talks about knowing God it does not mean a person can or will know God exhaustively, comprehensively, or fully (e.g. Is. 40:13ff, 1 Cor. 2:16, etc.). But it does mean there is such a thing as true and saving knowledge of God (e.g. 1 John 2:13). As various theologians have rightly said, …

One Cannot Truly Know Self without Truly Knowing God (Calvin)

As many of our readers might know, John Calvin began his Institutes by explaining that true and sound wisdom has two parts: knowing God and knowing ourselves. Calvin then noted that without a true knowledge of God, a person cannot truly know himself. As Scripture says, in God we live and move and have our …

The Shepherd’s Love for Us (Bray)

Gerald Bray's God is Love is a biblical and systematic theology written in light of Scripture's emphasis on - you guessed it! - the love of God. It's worth reading for sure. I've mentioned this book here before so I won't go into it again, but since I was reading parts of it again today …