Book Review: “What Happens When We Worship,” Jonathan Landry Cruse
“ Some Christians seem content to worship God in the "small moments of every day," apart from Sunday morning, but Cruse clarifies that God "does not promise to meet with people everywhere. He doesn't take appointments at any place we would choose. You might run into your doctor at the grocery store, but that doesn't mean she will give you an exam right there and then! For that, you make an appointment at the office. So too, God's primary method is to meet with his people at his house – at church!". How presumptuous of us to suggest that we can meet God on our terms, not his.”
Book Review: “Reformed Covenant Theology: A Systematic Introduction,” Harrison Perkins
“While it is true that an envelope is not as important as the letter it contains, the envelope is nonetheless important because it is the means the Postal Service has appointed to carry our letters. In the same way, sacraments are not as important as the gospel, but they are the means God uses to "carry" grace.”
Book Review: “The Air We Breathe,” Glen Scrivener
“Scrivener shows that many of the values we take for granted in our modern progressive world actually are products of a Christian worldview. Compassion for the weak and vulnerable; equality among all people; the evils of slavery and sexual abuse; and the expectation of moral progress are all ideals not assumed in the ancient world.”