Westminster Books

Westminster Bookstore is offering a Best of Biblical Theology sale until August 14. I highly recommend anything by Graeme Goldsworthy. To begin to understand the whole unity and grand storyline of the Bible, Vaughn Roberts, God's Big Picture is well worth your time.

If you are a Christian, it would be good for you to consider how much reading you are doing. You live in a culture that is certainly not reader-friendly. Over the last several years, I came under real conviction as I considered how little I was reading. To love the Lord my God with all my mind means mental effort and work. I had a hard time justifying the hours I would spend each day/night mindlessly watching unimportant "news" on various channels. Although we exist in a specific culture, we do not have to be trapped by culture. While culture offers a zillion channels to choose from and constant entertainment, Christians must be first and foremost skeptical of the culture in which they exist. Be skeptical about the television and what it offers. Realize that for the VERY major part of redemptive history, the television did not exist. How can one affect the culture when he is trapped by it? Read. And don't just read the contemporary writers of today. Read the great writers that have gone before, people who held to the same gospel but were not influenced by our present culture and traditions. Allow them to speak into the assumptions (both explicit and implicit) that are dominating your life. All of life for the believer should increasingly find itself moving to greater worship. So, set aside time at night, in the morning and whenever else to read.