Scripture Zealot blog

• Repost – Murmuring and Contentment October 11
  This was posted a few years ago. It’s something I still constantly work on. Murmuring–a half-suppressed or muttered complaint, which may be synonymous with grumbling–is a sin that isn’t mentioned often. Thomas Watson writes about this in The Art of Divine Contentment. I’ve been making an effort to think more positively, or less negatively, but when […]
• Longings After God – A Puritan Prayer October 8
  This is part of a prayer that I especially like from The Valley of Vision, a collection of Puritan prayers. I try to read/pray at least one a week on Sundays. They help fill in gaps in my own praying and give me ideas. These have also been very helpful when very stressed and needing […]
• Around the Web October 4
  Some of you may remember the translation discussions we used to have on blogs. Here are a couple of great posts by our friend Esteban: Mondays with Moisés: Learning Greek and Translating Greek | Bouncing into Graceland The Book of the People (of God): A Friendly Rejoinder | Bouncing into Graceland I do not endorse […]
• Stinging Quote by Sinclair Ferguson September 28
  This quote by Sinclair Ferguson, in his book Devoted to God, is one of the more difficult ones I’ve read from a contemporary Christian author. It’s an area of sin that’s often overlooked. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, Colossians 3:8 ESV Here Paul is speaking about settled hostility [anger]. […] […]
• 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 […]