Started #reading Paul in Fresh Perspective, by N.T. Wright.
SKYSCRAPERS DOOMED by UNDERGROUND CITIES? (Jul, 1934)
Source: Modern Mechanix
Not quite what happened. Who’d have thought that building upwards into empty space would prove easier than building downwards into the ground?
Finished #reading The Radical Disciple, by John Stott.
This was Stott’s final book, published in 2010. He presents eight characteristics of a disciple: non-conformity, Christlikeness, maturity, creation-care, simplicity, balance, dependence and death.
While I don’t agree with him on everything (his “low” view of baptism being a major area of disagreement), I appreciated Stott’s lucid exposition and calm, balanced rationality. His strong emphasis on environmentalism and social justice – the book includes the full text of An Evangelical Commitment to Simple Lifestyle, which Stott was involved in drafting – is something that evangelicalism is sorely missing in the age of Trump.
The book ends with a moving farewell as Stott lays down his pen for the last time (“literally, since I confess I am not computerized”) and exhorts his readers to continue reading books and to encourage and enable others to do the same.
Started #reading Readings for Holy Week (Music Edition).
This is the Moravian Church’s traditional Holy Week devotional combining readings from the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ Passion and Resurrection with verses from hymns. See the sample below from today’s entry:
Finished this today. If a Holy Week devotional combining the biblical texts with verses from hymns sounds like your sort of thing – it’s certainly mine – then this is highly recommended.
Finished #reading The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls, by James VanderKam and Peter Flint.
Started #reading The Radical Disciple, by John Stott.
