The Housewife Theologian

Knowing Scripture , R.C. Sproul (InterVarsity Press, 1977) This book is an oldie but goodie (well, old for contemporary authorship that is). It is a great read on learning the basics of studying the Bible. But let’s look at the beginning problem: It is important to note that the theme of this book...

My last couple of posts have centered on how God talks to us today. You can click here for my article affirming the authoritative Word of God in Scripture. But we wonder, what about that urging we feel during prayer, that inner voice that some equate to be God speaking personally to them? How does...

Made in America , Michael Horton (Wipf & Stock, 1991) Okay, so I went digging for this excerpt and I own more Horton books than I realized. I’ve spent the better part of an hour sifting through underlined treasures of my favorite living theologian. This one is pretty basic, but has always stuck...

Do you think you would pay more attention if God spoke to you from heaven or through the voice of a living prophet than if he spoke to you from the written words of Scripture? Would you believe or obey such words more readily than you do Scripture ? I did a study on this about 13 years ago with a...

Almost Christian, Kenda Creasy Dean (Oxford, 2010) I’ve reflected on a portion of this book before, but in light of my last article, I thought Dean’s commentary on “nice” would be fitting. WHAT’S WRONG WITH NICE? As a social lubricant, “nice” is a cheap and versatile adjective; it offers a nod...

Religious Literacy, Steven Prothero (HarperSanFrancisco, 2007) The subtitle of this book is What Every American Needs to Know and Doesn’t . The statistics Prothero gives are stunning. I thought I would share a few. You’ll have to read the book to see if you agree with him on how we should be taught...

In my last article, I talked about how one attribute of God can be so inflated above all others that he becomes a whole different God all together. I showed how sometimes people take his omniscience to mean that God is always watching us in the manner that he is waiting for us to mess up so that he...

Sometimes we take an attribute of God, and inflate it beyond its holy goodness. Subsequently, we see God only through those refashioned glasses. Today I want to talk about a wonderful attribute of God, his omniscience. First I will share how this attribute can be twisted to not be the proper...

The City of God , St. Augustine (The Modern Library, 2000) Although this particular edition that I have is from 2000, Augustine was an ordained priest at Hippo, and completed this book in the year 426. I read this book years ago, but I like to pick it up every now and then for a little spiritual...

The Great Divorce , C. S. Lewis (Harper Collins, NY, 2001) I suspect that many of the most beautiful women today do not get the fame and recognition that those pretty-packaged Hollywood ladies are receiving. One of the most vivid descriptions of a beautiful woman that has stuck in my mind was...