Selected Reading

I read these recently and recommend them to you.

Bible Study

3 Steps to understanding a tricky passage
“So you are reading your Bible, and you come across a passage a verse that you are having a hard time understanding. It seems like a straight-forward reading of it would contradict what the Bible teaches elsewhere, or at the very least it seems like the passage teaches something unusual. What should you do?”

Christian History

Hymn Reflection: Now Thank We All Our God
After the Thirty Year’s War, Martin Rinkart wrote a hymn. “What kind of song could come out of such tragedy? A lament? A plea for vindication? A cry for mercy?” An imprecatory song? 

None of the above. “Instead, Rinkart wrote a hymn of gratitude.” 

Anne Dutton and Her Reasons for Writing
The story of Anne Dutton, who was yet another intelligent, wise, and strong historical Christian woman: “Anne was described as a lively and outspoken girl. Over the course of her life, she combined this zeal and candor with her natural clarity of thought and expression in order to provide Scriptural encouragement and advice.”

But not everyone approved. Some questioned the propriety of her work: “Was it proper for a woman to provide counsel to others – men included – especially when this counsel was published for all to read?” 

Christian Living

What Is Real Repentance?
“We enter the Christian life through repentance and we remain in the Christian life through repentance.”

Then we need to know what repentance is, don’t we?

Seasonal

The Reason Why Americans Refer to Autumn as Fall
Here’s the story behind the two English language names for this season. (Canadians use fall, too, so I guess it’s a North American phenomenon.)