Since it is the summer and all I am doing is research and reading, I have more time to blog, which will hopefully happen more than once a month. I wanted to share a couple book recommendations for "summer reading." (Not light reading, but hearty reading for sure).
The first is Run with Horses by Eugene Peterson. His writing style is captivating and also very convicting. The book focuses on the life of the prophet Jeremiah, and gains its title from Jeremiah 12, when God rebukes Jeremiah, saying, "If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses?" All in all an amazing book, deep with insight from an amazing scholar and devotionalist.
Another good read is God Has Spoken by J.I Packer. J.I. Packer is an amazing academic, and sits on the chair of the translation committee that oversees the translation of the English Standard Version (ESV). This book is a sequel of sorts to Knowing God, which is his most well-known book. God Has Spoken, from beginning to end, calls us to get into the Scriptures, knowing that what they say, God says, and to learn about the sweetness of them, as the psalmist says. Steeped in the Anglican tradition, Packer continually looks to the teaching of the Anglican Church on the Bible (as well as all of Reformed Christianity), and addresses some of the well known attacks on biblical inerrancy, infallibilty, and the sufficiency of Scripture. It is truly amazing, and he keeps Christ at the center throughout the book. If you are having trouble seeking the Scriptures, this book will call you to account and grow in you a love for the Word of God. Altogether amazing.
I'm sure more of these to come. I am also reading through the Narnia series (for the first time ironically) and I am about to start The Sovereignty of God by AW Pink, who is a truly amazing author as well. Hope all two of you have an amazing summer, and that you relax in the rest of the Almighty.
For from Him and to him and through him are all things forever and ever amen. (Romans 11:36)
