Scripture Zealot blog

• Around the Web plus Update June 15
  The Prayer God Loves to Answer Most | Desiring God The Most Sympathetic Man in the World | HeadHeartHand Blog No Reason to Complain (Brooks) « The Reformed Reader Responding to Christianese: Since God is Love He would Never Violate our Free Will | Monergism Personal Update: Things have been rather difficult lately with medication […]
• Intimacy and Awe of Scripture June 1
  Those times when I fail to find any intimacy or awe in the text [of Scripture] (which are far more frequent than I care to admit), I find three primary culprits: I’m not reading it often, I’m not inviting the Author into my reading, or I’m not bothering to do what I read. When any […]
• Around the Web May 13
  Should Christians Use Satire? – Amy Mantravadi i.e. Babylon Bee, one of my favorites 4 Frameworks for Fighting Fear Do You Exercise for the Wrong Reasons? | Desiring God No, ‘Saul the Persecutor’ Did Not Become ‘Paul the Apostle’ – A misconception I had too Speed Reading – Signal v. Noise and while you’re there, […]
• Being Content In All Circumstances May 10
  Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions. Ecclesiastes 7:10 Contentment is a terribly difficult subject for those who’s lives aren’t what they’d like them to be. The Puritans wrote some great books on this subject, including The Crook in the Lot, The […]
• Around the Web April 27
  Words Matter: Recovering Godly Speech in a Culture of Profanity – Reformation21 Blog – Yes! – Even if you disagree, the last four points are the at the center of it. The Coasting Christian – The Wardrobe Door Anxiety: My Thorn in My Flesh – A Daughter of the Reformation Some claim that strong faith […]
• 9 Minutes With God – Learn Who Jesus Really Is April 14
  This is a repost. I made a few slight grammar and punctuation changes with the PDF document, and added an experimental Epub file. When I first became a Christian, after or while reading through the book of John, I used the little pamphlet put out by The Navigators (NavPress) called 7 Minutes With God. This […]
• Around the Web April 9
  A Whole Bible & a Whole Christian – Tim Challies Today the majority of those who read this site will be heading to church to hear a pastor preach the Word of God. A while back I jotted down several quotes about the Bible and thought I’d share them today. God’s Wrath, God’s Love, and […]
• Interesting Verse of the Day: Ecology April 4
  The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you. Deuteronomy 7:22 NIV I never noticed this before.
• Quotes From ‘Hearing Jesus Speak into Your Sorrow’ April 3
  I’ve seen some blogs where they have 20 short quotes from each book the blog writer reads. I’m not into round numbers or always having to have a formula, and only want to post quotes I really like, but I like this idea of posting multiple quotes from books that have been read through. Anyone […]
• Grace and Grace in Prayer March 16
  In this manner these eminently wise and holy men [David and Daniel] thought themselves highly honoured in being permitted to contribute, by their prayers, to the execution of the divine purpose. –Herman Witsius, Sacred Dissertations on The Lord’s Prayer I see intercessory prayer partly as participating in God’s work. We can sit on the sidelines, […]