Love In Hard Places

This is Carson in Love in Hard Places, I dig it.

‘…serious Christians must re-capture the Bible reading habits of some earlier generations. No longer should we be happy with slogans such as “A verse a day keeps the devil away”; still less should we be happy with whatever spiritual nourishment we receive from public meetings while we ourselves do not transform our minds (Rom 12:1) with the Word of God. Even within the church, there is rising biblical illiteracy. The impact of the cultural pressures upon us, not least from the media, is so devastatingly great that only a mind steeped in thinking God’s thoughts after him will begin to withstand the onslaught.’

I dig it a lot.

A.

Scran, Books and a Grumping Hamish

I’m off work for a few days, so since Catherine had to go into the office to check Monthly Record proofs, I decided to go in with her and browse the FC bookshop. As always I ended up buying a couple of things. (As an aside, Catherine claims to have often ’stalked’ me many years ago, when I worked in Wesley Owen in Inverness, popping in frequently pretending to need books. If you ever read this Charles, be assured that my interest in the FC bookshop is purely to do with buying books!)

I bought the following which look interesting: The Schaeffer one is a present for my Dad.

After my shopping spree, we stopped in at the Haugh Inn in South Queensferry for lunch. The food’s good in there and cheaper than most other places in the town. Catherine had a bacon cheeseburger, whilst I munched my way through scampi and chips.

The Haugh Inn

Now we’re home, I intend to chill out and read this afternoon. There were so many books lying around the house that Catherine allowed me to buy some more bookcases to house them all in.

New Bookshelves!

Hamish looks at home, doesn’t he? He’s in a grump though, after reading Driscoll - too liberal and ‘far-out’ for any teuchtar gorrilla apparently!

Hamish In A Driscoll-inspired Grump

A.

Holiday Reading

It’s only 15 days until we fly out to Italy! We’re heading to Lucca, Tuscany to spend a week with my parents at an apartment they’re renting.

Lucca is supposed to be an amazing city with beautiful ancient buildings and narrow streets and it’s supposed to be VERY hot there just now - so all in all, a far cry from Inverkeithing!

I’ve sorted out my holiday reading - an essential aspect of any good break. I read a review of this the other week which claimed it was a work of genius. We’ll see.

These two I’ve been meaning to read recently but haven’t had the time:

There’s a WEBSITE to go along with it.

Hopefully I’ll find a nice little Tuscan cafe to chill out in and get some proper reading done!

Andy

The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World

This is dangerous territory I realise that; recommending a book before you’ve finished it. The last chapters could be some of the most heretical nonsense ever put into print, but I’m going to take the risk.

I bought this ⇓ the other day and am really enjoying it.

The contributors read like a who’s who of America’s leading evangelical ministers/theologians….Carson, Piper, Driscoll, Keller etc.

It’s a light, cheap paperback, ideal for taking on your summer holiday - go on you know you want to. I’ll even give you the link;

Buy it here!

or even better Buy it here!!!!

Andy

Worship

The following is taken from Bruce Milne’s commentary on the Gospel of John:

‘For Jesus, worship is a matter of the gravest importance and as the messianic King he claims lordship over it. A significant proportion of the Bible is devoted to the regulation of worship and we are sadly misled if we imagine that the quality of what we offer in worship services, or the devotion with which we participate, are matters of peripheral importance. If ‘Jesus is Lord’, he claims the temple as a primary sphere of his rule. Modern-day worship which is irreverent, superficial, distraction-filled, cold, lifeless, sloppy, self-indulgent, hypocritical, ill-prepared or theologically inappropriate will likewise receive his censire, as will worship which detracts from the honour and glory of the living God through a concern for performance and self-display on the part of those leading it.’

It’s good stuff. I’m only a few pages into the book but already it seems like a worthwhile read.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Message-John-Bible-Speaks-Today/dp/0851109713/ref=sr_1_1/203-3909069-0316737?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179840002&sr=8-1

Andy