Evangelical Humiliation (10/02/08 - 14 Comments)
I am guessing that the majority of the readers of this site do not read the "Reading Classics Together" posts. And, unless you're reading the books along with us, why would you? But today (if you've read this far) I'd like you to read one. I think you'll find it immensely useful. I am going to do little more than provide some quotes from Edwards, hoping it will give you a sense as to just...
Reading Classics - Edwards Takes a Day Off (09/25/08 - 6 Comments)
Thursdays are the day I dedicate to reading and writing about the classic books of the Christian faith. We're well into Jonathan Edwards' Religious Affections and have been moving at about a chapter (or heading) per week. This week I did not live up to my end of the bargain. It was one of those crazy weeks where it seems I spent more time out of the house than in and where the time I...
Reading Classics - The Religious Affections (IX) (09/18/08 - 10 Comments)
Today we come to our tenth reading in Jonathan Edwards' The Religious Affections. This is a long book but we're making our way through it just as quickly as we can, I think. To speed up would be to leave us with very long and difficult readings. And so we press on, one "sign" at a time. Summary We continue to progress through the twelve signs of truly gracious and holy affections. So far we've...
Reading Classics - The Religious Affections (VIII) (09/11/08 - 8 Comments)
Today we come to our ninth reading in Jonathan Edwards' The Religious Affections. This is a long book but we're making our way through it just as quickly as we can, I think. To speed up would be to leave us with very long and difficult readings. And so we press on, one "sign" at a time. Summary We continue to progress through the twelve signs of truly gracious and holy affections. So far we've...
Reading Classics - The Religious Affections (VII) (09/04/08 - 8 Comments)
Today we come to our eighth reading in Jonathan Edwards' The Religious Affections. Though this book is a long haul, we are making some good progress, and I happen to think that it is getting better and better, particularly as we head into chapters which provide opportunity for reflection and application. This week we looked to the third sign of authentic affections. Summary We continue to progress through the twelve signs of truly gracious and...
Reading Classics - The Religious Affections (VI) (08/28/08 - 24 Comments)
This morning brings us to our seventh reading in Jonathan Edwards’ The Religious Affections. This week we looked to the second sign of authentic affections. Summary We continue to progress through the twelve signs of truly gracious and holy affections. So far we’ve seen: They are from a divine influence. Their object is the excellence of divine things. Discussion After being maybe a little bit confused or disappointed with last week’s reading, I found that...
Reading Classics - The Religious Affections (IV) (08/14/08 - 14 Comments)
This morning brings us to our fifth reading in Jonathan Edwards’ The Religious Affections. This week’s reading was a very short one—just a few pages. I know that several of you took the opportunity to catch up with last week’s lengthy reading. So hopefully by now we are all on the same page! Summary In the Introduction to the book’s third part, Edwards asks the reader to keep three things in mind as he describes...
Reading Classics - The Religious Affections (III) (08/07/08 - 21 Comments)
This morning brings us to our fourth reading in Jonathan Edwards’ The Religious Affections. You can click here to read more about this effort. If you have not been reading with us and would like to participate, this is as good a time as any to join in. Next week we’ll begin the real meat of the book and what has come before, though important, shouldn’t hinder your enjoyment of the rest of it. Summary...
Reading Classics - The Religious Affections (II) (07/31/08 - 30 Comments)
We come today to our third reading in Jonathan Edwards’ The Religious Affections. You can click here to read more about this effort.. Summary While the first week of The Religious Affections felt a bit like drinking water from a fire hose, this week’s reading seemed quite a bit more manageable. In the first half of Part II of the book, Edwards simply lays out seven signs of “nothing.” This is to say that he...
Reading Classics - The Religious Affections (I) (07/24/08 - 28 Comments)
Today we come to the second week of reading through The Religious Affections. You can click here to read more about this effort. This weeks’ reading really marked my first significant attempt at plowing through a substantial part of Edwards’ work. While I began with some trepidation, I have to say that it wasn’t as bad as I may have feared. Sure the language was a bit obscure and sure Edwards often uses several sentences...
Reading Classics - The Religious Affections (Introduction) (07/17/08 - 45 Comments)
This morning we kick off the fourth round of Reading Classics Together, an effort in which we read some of the great Christian classics together and convene here once a week to discuss them. In the past we’ve read J.C. Ryle’s Holiness, John Owen’s Overcoming Sin and Temptation and A.W. Pink’s The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross. We’ve had hundreds of people participate by reading the books together and discussing them each...
Reading Classics Together - The Next Classic (Round 4) (06/26/08 - 101 Comments)
To this point the “Reading Classics Together” effort has gone very well, at least by my assessment. We’ve read J.C. Ryle’s Holiness, John Owen’s Overcoming Sin and Temptation and A.W. Pink’s The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross. We’ve had hundreds of people participate by reading the books together and discussing them each week. All along we’ve been reading some of the classics of the Christian faith—books many of us wish to read...
Reading Classics Together - The Seven Sayings (Chapter 7) (06/19/08 - 5 Comments)
We have come to the final chapter of the The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross, the third classic we’ve read together here. It has gone very quickly! If you have not been reading along with us it is obviously too late to start now, but stayed tuned for the next book we’ll read together (I will announce it here in a couple of weeks). Summary The seventh chapter looks at the final...
Reading Classics Together - The Seven Sayings (Chapter 6) (06/12/08 - 5 Comments)
We are nearing the end of the The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross and by next week we will be finished. It seems to have gone by very quickly. You can read more about this effort here: Reading the Classics Together. If you have not been reading along with us it is probably a bit too late to start now, but stayed tuned for the next book we’ll read together (I will...
Reading Classics Together - The Seven Sayings (Chapter 5) (06/05/08 - 9 Comments)
This morning those of us who are reading some Christian classics together are going to be looking at the fifth chapter of A.W. Pink’s The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross. You can read more about this effort here: Reading the Classics Together. Before we begin, do allow me to apologize for not posting about the chapter last week. When I go to conferences my intentions are always good, but somehow I can...
Reading Classics Together - The Seven Sayings (Chapter 4) (05/22/08 - 10 Comments)
This morning those of us who are reading some Christian classics together are going to be looking at the fourth chapter of A.W. Pink’s The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross. You can read more about this effort here: Reading the Classics Together. Summary Jesus’ fourth saying on the cross is the word of anguish. While hanging on the cross and facing the wrath of God, just cried out to His Father. This...
Reading Classics Together - The Seven Sayings (Chapter 3) (05/15/08 - 9 Comments)
This morning those of us who are reading some Christian classics together are going to be looking at the third chapter of A.W. Pink's The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross. You can read more about this effort here: Reading the Classics Together. This week we move on to the book's third chapter. Summary Jesus' third saying on the cross is the word of affection. While hanging in agony he looked down to...
Reading Classics Together - The Seven Sayings (Chapter 2) (05/08/08 - 12 Comments)
Today those of us who are reading some Christian classics together are going to be looking at the second chapter of A.W. Pink’s The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross. You can read more about this effort here: Reading the Classics Together. Two weeks ago we began our eight-week study of this book by looking at the Introduction to the book and last week we read the first chapter which dealt with Jesus’...
Reading Classics Together - The Seven Sayings (Chapter 1) (05/01/08 - 17 Comments)
Today those of us who have embarked on a project to read some Christian classics together are going to be looking at the first chapter of A.W. Pink’s The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross. You can read more about this effort here: Reading the Classics Together. Last week we began our eight-week study of this book by looking at the Introduction to the book. This week we move on to the first...
Reading Classics Together - The Seven Sayings (Introduction) (04/24/08 - 24 Comments)
Last year some of the readers of this site began to read Christian classics together with me. The impetus for this project was the simple realization that, though many Christians want to read through the classics of the faith, few of us have the motivation to actually make it happen. This program allows us to read them together, providing both a level of accountability and the added of interest of comparing notes. We spent eight...
