Selected Reading

Blogging has been even lighter than usual here lately. I’ve been busy studying Hebrews, for one, and have a post on a verse from Hebrews 5 nearly finished, but I will hold off publishing it until early next week.

Meanwhile, here are a three good things I read during the past two weeks. You might like them too.

Gospel

My Imago Dei Is So Awesome
Anne Kennedy pushes back against a “foolishly high view of the person.” She writes: “Being made in the image of God is not worth very much if you are going to mar that image every day through wanton idolatry, rebellion, sin, selfishness, and a desperate commitment to the darkness of hell.” 

So why have I put this under the heading Gospel? Because, in the end, that’s what it’s really about.

The Gospel and Gratitude
Keeping it in the Kennedy family. This was written specifically for the Thanksgiving holiday, but the message is never out of season: “[G]ratitude in its fullness flows directly from the Christian Gospel because only in the Gospel do we learn that all good things come from above and that they are given freely apart from any work or effort on your part.”

Creeds

Chalcedon
Sinclair Ferguson explains the Chalcedon Definition: “Whatever the failures and flaws of the Christians of the fourth and fifth centuries, it is worth reflecting on the truths articulated in the Chalcedonian Definition, especially at Christmas.”