The CSB Spurgeon Study Bible featuring excerpts and Study notes beautifully crafted from Charles Spurgeon’s many sermons. The excerpts are preserved in Spurgeon’s own caligraphal handwriting which adds a sense of nostalgia and respect for his poetic mastery of English. Quotes are sprinkled throughout the Bible that cause Scripture to cut to your heart.
ACBC Conference 2021, Oh Church Arise
After attending the 2021 ACBC conference, here are my thoughts and take-aways.
NIV Grace and Truth Study Bible
The NIV Grace and Truth Study Bible from General Editor Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr presents a trustworthy and approachable resource to study Scripture is a grace-filled manor. A team of 42 contributors bring their pastoral, biblical, and theological wisdom with the goal that readers will learn to see grace and truth revealed on every page of God’s Word.
5 Things to Pray for your Parents: Prayers that Change Things for an Older Generation
5 Things to Pray for your Parents by Chelsea Stanley provides guided prayer topics based on Scripture to grow your affections and honor your parents through intentional prayer. he topics are brief and to the point but practical and gospel saturated.
Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners: Loving Others as God Loves Us
Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners uses real life examples of how to love one another through counseling and relating to others. Foremost, we must find our identity in Christ. Through suffering and sin struggles, we may struggle to see ourselves as saints, but this is an already-but-not-yet identity.
Escapism
Escapism is the tendency to avoid undesirable realities through distraction or redirecting towards a more pleasurable activity, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy. Escapism often goes hand-in-hand with addictions. Two ways we seek escapism in people’s life is in avoidance and distraction.
Addictions and Disordered Desires
When we desire the good gifts of God but fail to give Him the glory, it becomes a disordered desire. When these desires create social dysfunction, we refer to them as addictions. An Addiction is a disordered desire that is ruling our lives and is an outward manifestation of inward heart problem.
What the Bible Says about Divorce and Remarriage
Wayne Grudem studies the complicated topics and ethics of divorce and remarriage from a Christians perspective. What does Scripture say about marriage, divorce, and remarriage? Is divorce permissible? If it is permissible, then is remarriage also permissible?
Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
Systematic Theology covers complex topics that sometimes diverge in specific, nuanced areas of theology. While not shying from these discussions, Grudem writes in a charitable way that all Christians may understand.
Jesus the Great Philosopher: Rediscovering the Way to a Whole, Meaningful, and Flourishing Life
Is the Bible concerned with happiness and human flourishing? Does Jesus speak to a whole-life philosophy? In the book Jesus the Great Philosopher, Dr. Jonathan T. Pennington aims to revive the neglected identity of Christ as philosopher and Christianity as a way of life.