Selected Reading

I read (or watched or heard) these recently and recommend them to you.

Good Theology

None Greater: The Undomesticated Attributes of God
I’m only about halfway through this new book by Matthew Barrett on the attributes of God, but that’s far enough in to know that if I were remaking my list of books of theology every Christian woman should read, this one would be on it.

No-Good Theology

List of Heresies
From adoptionism to works righteousness, Monergism has all the scandalous stuff on one page.

Heresy Often Begins with Boredom
Sometimes the slide into heresy begins “with boredom. It begins when the thrill of orthodoxy is simply not very thrilling to us anymore, when our familiarity with faith breeds contempt, discontentment, and a dangerous restlessness.”

I’ve seen it and I bet you have, too.

Christian History

John Bunyan and the Women Who Shaped His Life
“Bunyan was a man of his times. He believed that women are spiritually weaker than men and more susceptible to the devil’s enticements. But life taught him they are equal heirs of God’s promises and valuable fellow-pilgrims on the way to the Celestial City.”—Simonetta Carr

Sunday's Hymn: All the Way My Savior Leads Me

All the way my Saviour leads me—
What have I to ask beside?
Can I doubt his tender mercy
Who through life has been my Guide?
Heav’nly peace, divinest comfort,
Here by faith in him to dwell—
For I know, whate’er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well.

All the way my Saviour leads me,
Cheers each winding path I tread,
Gives me grace for ev’ry trial,
Feeds me with the living Bread.
Though my weary steps may falter,
And my soul athirst may be,
Gushing from the rock before me,
Lo, a spring of joy I see!

All the way my Saviour leads me—
O the fullness of his love!
Perfect rest to me is promised
In my Father’s house above:
When my spirit, clothed, immortal,
Wings its flight to realms of day,
This my song through endless ages:
Jesus led me all the way!

—Fanny Crosby

 Other hymns, worship songs, or quotes for this Sunday:

• You Lose a Lot by Coming to Jesus at The Outspoken Tulip
• The Lily of the Valley at The Happy Wonderer
• Lean on His Help at Tried With Fire
• Lord’s Day 21, 2019 at The Thirsty Theologian

Selected Reading

I read (or watched or heard) these recently and recommend them to you.

Scripture

Did the Church Decide Which Books Made It Into the Bible? 
Michael Kruger explains the Protestant view of the canon using an analogy from ordinary life.

Bible 

The Whole Bible in 12 Verses
Andrew Wilson chose 12 verses to summarize what the Bible teaches. 

Theology

Justification and Imputed Righteousness
Two more excellent five-minute explanations from Ligonier’s Simply Put podcast. 

Church History

The Messy-yet-Instructive Culture Surrounding the Canons of Dort
“They cared about their theology so much. There’s a story even in the Synod of Dort when one particular delegate was expressing himself—perhaps not very well—and was showing some Arminian sympathies and one of the leading delegates challenged him to a duel on the spot.”

According to Kevin DeYoung, there’s something we can learn from this bit of history. 

English

“Run” Is the Most Complex Word in the English Language
But it hasn’t always been.