Scripture Zealot blog

• Around the Web September 17
  Top athletes share their battles with mental illness | HeadHeartHand Blog Anxiety Resources | HeadHeartHand Blog The Suffering of the Saints | Monergism – 100s of free biblical/theological resources on Suffering Lost in Translation: How Christianese Hides the Gospel | Desiring God One More Time on ‘Game of Thrones’ | TGC Books For Which I […]
• God’s Grace Towards Everyone September 10
  This is a great quote by Michael Horton. Many are led to believe that if one becomes a believer, their life will get better. I suppose it depends on what one means by ‘life’. ‘Out of the lavishness displayed in the marvelous variety and richness of creation itself, God continues to pour out his common […]
• Quotes from Walking with God through Pain and Suffering September 3
  Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Timothy Keller is one of the best books I’ve read on the subject. Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism, suffering is meaningful. There is a purpose to it, and if faced […]
• Book Lernin’ – Topics August 26
  I just found this post in the Drafts area of the blog, so I thought I’d finish it up and post it, even though it’s more than a half a year late: Last year may have been the year of topics as far as reading. I wanted to learn about what God’s glory is, exactly, […]
• Quotes from The Person of Jesus by Gresham Machen August 20
  Here are some quotes from the book The Person of Jesus: Radio Addresses on the Deity of the Savior by Gresham Machen. This is a very short book of a series of radio addresses given in 1935. This post is under the new category of Book Quotes, which gives you a sample of a recently […]
• Around the Web August 16
  Your Deadliest Weapon Against the Devil: Eight Reasons to Memorize Scripture | Desiring God Why all the Superlatives? – Reformation21 Blog – The post is awesome!!! I may expand on this in another post. The Upward Call – The Gift of Anxiety Anxiety has taught me a lot about compassion. It has taught me that mental […]
• Timothy Keller on Prayer – Part 2 of 2 August 12
  Here are eleven quotes from his book on Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God. This is the best book I’ve read on prayer so far. It’s something I like to read about regularly. [Prayer is] A personal, communicative response to the knowledge of God. What is prayer, then, in its fullest sense? Prayer is […]
• Timothy Keller on Prayer – Part 1 of 2 August 6
  Timothy Keller wrote a book entitled Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God. The next post will have quotes from that book. There is an excellent interview with him at Desiring God: 10 Questions on Prayer with Tim Keller. If you don’t have time, or want to read my mumbling, I have a few quotes […]
• What Did Moses Do So Wrong? August 4
  On that same day the Lord told Moses, “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as […]
• Around the Web – Bible Reading Edition July 26
  Unlock the Riches of Scripture | Desiring God When I read a sentence, what I want to know is What did the author intend by it? not What new ideas do I have when I read it? He promotes active reading by asking questions (he has eight), which is exactly what I’ve been learning when […]