Selected Reading, January 18, 2020
Introducing a brand new category. (It’s been extremely cold and my mind is stuck in winter gear.)
Christology
How Did Jesus Do Miracles—His Divine Nature or the Holy Spirit?
D. Blair Smith reminds us that persons, not natures, do things: “It’s not wrong to say that the Spirit is acting in Jesus’s miracles; he is. It is wrong to say that the second person of the Trinity isn’t.”
Biography
Mary Honywood and Her Flickering, Unquenchable Faith
Simonetta Carr’s piece introduced me to a woman of the past I knew nothing about. “Mary was one of the many gentlewomen of her time who supported Protestant preachers during the troubled reign of Mary Tudor. She was also one of the many who struggled in the transition from Roman Catholic to Protestant teachings.” —Simonetta Carr
Winter Weather
Cows in -40 C weather
Don’t feel too sorry for them. God gave them a secret weapon.
10 Delicious Hot Chocolate Mix-Ins
January is the perfect time for a list of ways to spice up a cup of hot chocolate.
Dead of Winter Map
If you live in Canada, you might be interested in seeing when your dead of winter happens. (Dead of winter is when your lowest temperatures are most likely to occur.)