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Kengor, Paul. 2004. God and Ronald Reagan: A Spiritual Life. Harper Collins, NY.
This is a fascinating book about a former president whose popularity seems to grow with time. I want to thank Sovereign Grace Fellowship member Bruce Skaug for gifting me this book. As for the book, Kengor does a great [...]
The Gracious Intimations of the Spirit in George Wishart’s Life
By Rick Hogaboam On January 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Biography, Pentecostal/Charismatic Interests
Fox’s Book of Martyrs includes this interesting incident about George Wishart (the great Scottish preacher/martyr), who seems to have received the gracious workings of the Spirit in a warning:
Soon after his return to Montrose, the cardinal again conspired his death, causing a letter to be sent to him as if it had [...]
Women in the Reformation
By Scott Kistler On November 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Biography, Church History, Family, History, Womanhood
Justin Holcomb, writing at The Resurgence blog, writes short descriptions of the lives of several women that God used in the 16th century. Here was one that I found particularly interesting:
Olimpia Fulvia Morata was an Italian scholar born in Ferrera as the oldest child of a humanist scholar, who, after [...]
Honoring John Piper
By Rick Hogaboam On October 6, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Biography, Calvinism, From the Heart, Theology
Justin Taylor and Sam Storms served as editors of a book that was released at the 2010 Desiring God “Think” Conference. The book is titled, “For the Fame of God’s Name: Essays in Honor of John Piper”. Check out the lineup of contributors and the video of John Piper being presented with the book
This chapter is just a couple of pages. Hunter is now going to move into the question of how Christians think about power. Rather than figuring out how to gain power on our society’s terms, he says, we need to define power properly, which is a precondition for having a healthy Christianity [...]
Essay 2, Chp. 1 “The Problem of Power”
Hunter sees the Creation Mandate as a source of both glory and shame. Since we reflect God’s image, we are enabled to reflect His image through acts of love and innovative labor for the sake of neighbor. At the same time, because of our [...]
We throw phrases around so easily these days, especially in the sphere of gushing blog reviews. I know that, but I’m about to write a gushing review and there’s a phrase I’m in need of that has been overused, but that applies so perfectly to this book. The book I’m referring to [...]
This is a great article by Mark Driscoll on St. Patrick: link.
Well, Happy St. Patrick’s Day one and all. It is very difficult to sift through the lore of St. Patrick to understand the real man behind the myth and legend. I found some of the following tidbits useful in appreciating this courageous missionary to Ireland:
- His slavery:
A 16-year-old Romanized Briton, [...]
He writes that the confidence that comes through God’s gracious justification allows us to place others above ourselves. He continues:
One who lives by justification by grace is willing and ready to accept even insults and injuries without protest, taking them from God’s punishing and gracious hand. It is not a good sign when we [...]
Jesus, the Only Hope for Terrorists and International Strife
By Rick Hogaboam On January 28, 2010 · 4 Comments · In Biography, Christ & Culture, Missional Thought, Politics
This is one point of a sermon I intend to preach on 1/31/10. Here is a link to a wonderful testimony from a Palestinian terrorist turned Christian: link.
I finished my Sunday evening by watching C-Spans special on the Supreme Court and then flipped over to C-Span 2 to watch their feature of all-everything Hugh Hewitt (link). I used to listen to him while driving through southern California rush hour and was somewhat fond of him. After hearing him take [...]
That would be Charles Simeon, the great Anglican is who is perhaps unknown to many. John Piper had some great comments about Simeon (link).
Having just read through a biography of Simeon, I find him one that I aspire to model my own life and ministry after (less the [...]
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