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May 2022 Reading Challenge
May Reading Challenge George Whitefield: God’s Anointed Servant in the Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century by Arnold Dallimore 224 pages Biography Amazon Link (Available as a print, ebook, and audiobook) Book Summary From Amazon: God’s accomplishments through George Whitefield are to this day virtually unparalleled. In an era when many ministers were timid and apologetic in their preaching, he preached the gospel with zeal and undaunted courage. In the wake of his fearless preaching, revival swept across the British Isles,…
The Power of Last Say
When I was younger I loved to play a video game called Plants vs Zombies Heroes. It is a turn-based game that goes like this: The zombies first get to place their fighter down, the plants get to place their fighter down, and then the zombies get to play tricks. Afterward the battle begins. The zombies have the power of last say because anything the plants place down; the zombies can completely and utterly destroy it. Assuming they have the…
The Dawkins Delusion
Richard Dawkins is an atheist who wrote a well-known book called, “The God Delusion” back in 2006. The book seeks to, “make a case that belief in God is not just wrong but potentially deadly” (from the Amazon description). I am currently working through the book for the first time. While I do not consider myself a great philosopher and I have no doubt that Dawkins is intellectually much smarter than me (I am obviously more handsome though), I am…
April 2022 Reading Challenge
April Reading Challenge Is God A Moral Monster by Paul Copan 256 pages Theology Amazon Link (Available as a print, ebook, and audiobook) Book Summary From Amazon: A recent string of popular-level books written by the New Atheists have leveled the accusation that the God of the Old Testament is nothing but a bully, a murderer, and a cosmic child abuser. This viewpoint is even making inroads into the church. How are Christians to respond to such accusations? And how are…
March 2022 Reading Challenge
March Reading Challenge God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew 257 pages Missionary Biography Amazon Link (Available as a print, ebook, and audiobook) Book Summary From Amazon: A True-Life Thriller That Will Leave You Breathless! In the anniversary edition of this electrifying real-life story, readers are gripped from the first page by the harrowing account of a young man who risked his life to smuggle Bibles through the borders of closed nations. Now, sixty years after Brother Andrew first prayed for…
Q&A – What is the Trinity?
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February 2022 Reading Challenge
february Reading Challenge Tactics, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Gregory Koukl 288 pages Apologetics Amazon Link (Available as a print, ebook, and audiobook) Book Summary From Amazon: This expanded anniversary edition includes updates and expansions of existing tactics, as well as the addition of an all-new tactic and a chapter on Mini Tactics filled with simple maneuvers to aid in discussions. In a world increasingly indifferent to Christian truth, followers of Christ need to be…
January 2022 Reading Challenge
January Reading Challenge Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery by Eric Metaxas 309 pages Biography Amazon Link Book Summary From Amazon: Amazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce’s extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural reformer, and member of Parliament. At the center of this heroic life was a passionate twenty-year fight to abolish the British slave trade, a battle Wilberforce…
Evening Service Obituary
OBITUARY: 6pm Service, also known as Evening Service, age 1.5, of Hampstead, NH, quietly passed away this weekend at Island Pond Baptist Church. The evening service had an up and down life over the past year and a half. Its highlight last year was when eight people were baptized over the winter and spring. However, after a strong start, attendance began to wain and could never regain any momentum. Therefore, the leaders decided to remove the service from life support…
Psalm 30:1 – Are You Praising God? /// Morning Fuel
David writes in Psalm 30:1. “I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me.” Extol is a fancy word that simply means “exalt, lift up, praise.” When we want to praise God it is not JUST words, it’s not JUST singing, those are the ways we convey our praise. We use words to convey what is going on deep down inside of us. Let’s pretend your little league…
Psalm 19:11 – God’s Word Guides /// Morning Fuel
In Psalm 19, David talks about wow God speaks to us. And the main way he does this is through his Word. In verses 7-10, David gives some amazing ways that God’s word benefits us. Then when we get to verse 11, he says this: “Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.” What he’s saying is that Scripture says things that we need to listen to in order for our life to go…
Psalm 23:6 – God’s Hesed For Us /// Morning Fuel
David writes in Psalm 23:6… 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. The word for “mercy” is “hesed.” That is a BIG word. It can be translated as a combination of “lovingkindness, loyal love, kindness, mercy, grace, compassion.” Hesed is one-way love. It’s a stubborn love. What you do does not affect someone’s hesed for you. “Hesed” is what was shown to…