Scripture Zealot blog

• 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 […]
• Christ’s Suffering Is Beyond Our Comprehension July 22
  Regarding the suffering of Jesus, I often find myself thinking, ‘But did he have to deal with… (this, that or the other thing that he didn’t directly experience)?’ This doesn’t matter, because he suffered virtually infinitely more than we could ever suffer, in any way, no matter what. He had to. That was a revelation […]
• Around the Web July 14
  A Creative Way to Unlock More of the Bible – Faith Spilling Over – explains some of the things I like to do that I’ve found helpful–using various translations, looking up a definition of English words, sentence flow (or Phrasing Scripture)–although she does more drawing, which looks interesting. 7 Surprising Facts About the LGBT Community […]
• Psalm 84-Scripture and Song July 8
  I’m in the process of studying and memorizing Psalm 84. (I’d like to do a post on new–to me–memorization techniques.) In The Treasury of David, I found a song, which reads as a poem, attributed only to German Choral Music. It’s very interesting because it doesn’t just rewrite each line, it puts some parts of […]
• Why Deuteronomy Is Important June 25
  Every book of the Bible is important. This is a post about some reasons why Deuteronomy is important. I’ve recently been reading the commentary on Deuteronomy (The NIV Application Commentary) by Daniel Block in a devotional sort of way. I’ve wanted to read a commentary on Deuteronomy for a long time because of it being […]
• 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 […]