I am sitting in our study with our guinea pig Munchee on my lap, with her little hind legs stuck out in her ‘this is the life’ position. I’ve just finished reading Isaiah 45 – a majestic portrayal of God’s absolute sovereignty over Israel and both her friends and her enemies. As a proclamation it could sound arrogant if it weren’t true, and justly so. And what a great finish -
They will say of me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’ All who have raged against him will come to him and be put to shame. But in the LORD all the descendants of Israel will be found righteous and will exult.
You don’t need 3 guesses to work out which side you’d want to be on!
But actually I was going to ask what you’re reading, and say that if you ever want or need a recommendation, Steve and I love both reading and recommending books (including books of the Bible) to people. We’ve been so influenced and grown through reading over our journeys as Christians that we can’t help spreading the love. Plus we have several hundred books in our library available for borrowing, so let us know if you’d like a summer reading list. We’d be glad to get you started!
I’ve just started “Ministries of Mercy: The Call of the Jericho Road” by Timothy Keller. Was given it by a YFer and I hope to finish it and hand it off to another YFer before I head back to Canada for Christmas. My non-academic book reading has been abysmal this year and I would love a few recommendations for some good holiday reading!
Oh, and thanks in advance!
hi Matt, thanks for the interest! I’m currently reading De Young and Kluck’s ‘Why We’re Not Emergent – by two guys who should be’. It does more than evaluate the Emergent church movement; it also takes in post-modernism although given what the Emergents are on about it kind of needs to do this. I’d recommend it as a general-education kind of read. http://www.notemergent.com/
Have you read much ‘pure’ theology? If not, any of Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology texts (either the complete or abridged versions) would be meaty and wholesome.
There’s 2 for now; feel free to be specific with categories! And if you can put me on the borrowing list for that Keller book, that would be great