Selected Reading, September 12, 2020

 

A few suggestions for your weekend reading.

The Church

When Speaking About Jesus’s Bride
“The church (in every form in which it is manifested on earth) is certainly subject to criticism and correction; but, those things must always be done out of love and a desire to treat her for what she is in truth—the very bride of Christ. To speak of the church with disrespect, harshness, malice and judgmentalism is to speak of Christ’s bride in those ways.” —Nicholas Batzig

Christian History

Joshua Janavel and the Plight of the Waldensians
I have a good enough grasp of the big picture of the history of Christianity, but I don’t know the smaller stories—like this one.

Christian Living

Love What’s Near
I suspect Trevin Wax is on to something: “[W]hat if it is in loving what is nearest to us … where we are most likely to find happiness and bring about lasting change in the world? What if it’s in the cultivation of culture at home, with our neighbors, with our church, where the most significant change takes place?”

Bible Study

Context Matters: The Cattle on a Thousand Hills
In the song by John W. Peterson, this bit of scripture is used to assure us that God will care for us. God does take care of us, of course, but this is not how the psalmist applies this truth.