Here are a couple of thoughts on reading from David Ulin’s The Lost Art of Reading:Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time. . . . books enlarge us by giving direct access to experiences not our own. In order for this to work, however, we need a certain type of silence, an ability to filter [...]
Archive for December, 2010
30 Dec
Books in the rearview mirror
I read somewhere that 40,000 books are published in the English language every year. Again, that’s just one year and that number makes me sweat even if it is wrong by half. One can only hope to read a small fraction of that in a lifetime. No matter what you read, be sure to follow [...]
24 Dec
Christmas without the clutter
“Boxing Day is only two and a half weeks ahead; then perhaps we shall have a little quiet in which to remember the birth of Christ.” ~C. S. Lewis from the essay Delinquents in the Snow
24 Dec
Broken clocks and such
“We unbelievers are entitled to regard the Bible as magnificent literature. More is demanded from the faithful. Yet these days, even some soi-disant Christians would claim that the miraculous elements of the New Testament are only metaphors. To me, that is agnostic slop. Faith is more than literature. Faith is an epiphany of abasement, ardour [...]
9 Dec
What makes a great preacher?
Preacher types, like us, predictably toss around the phrase “he’s a great preacher” like hippies throwing a frisbee on the quad. It just sort of goes with the territory. The frequency of such statements seems to increase when Bible conferences are in session. There’s nothing inherently wrong with the phrase but it seems to mask [...]
2 Dec
Jesus’ Sacrifice
I can not wait for the weekend knowing that come Sunday morning I will finally have the privilege of preaching through Colossians 2:13-14. In preparing for this sermon I came across a wonderful quote by S. Lewis Johnson. Dr. S Lewis Johnson wrote, “Paul cannot help but emphasize over and over again that Christianity is not concerned with [...]
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