A letter from an apostle to a slave owner; a letter brought to the owner through his runaway slave. The apostle never asks his friend to release the slave, only to receive him as a brother in Christ. But what does that request mean for the slave, for the owner, for the rest of us?…
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There is an old Chinese Proverb, “化干戈为玉帛” which translates to, “Turning weapons of war into gifts of jade and silk”. It means turning hostility into friendship. That’s what today’s book is all about. Hi, my name is Terence, and I’m your host for Reading and Readers, a podcast where I review Christian books for you….
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The Old Testament is all about the Law; the New Testament is all about Grace. That statement over-simplifies the relationship of the Law in the Christian life. If you have questions that need answering, I have a book for you. Hi, my name is Terence, and I’m your host for Reading and Readers, a podcast…
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Can an act of betrayal be considered beautiful? Maybe if it was done a thousand times, 400 years ago, in an exotic Asian country, and preserved in a trampled bronze image of Jesus Christ. Hi, my name is Terence, and I’m your host for Reading and Readers, a podcast where I review Christian books for…
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Hi, my name is Terence, and I’m your host for Reading and Readers, a podcast where I review Christian books for you. And this is a special episode, the Year End Reflection for 2024. In this episode, I look back at the books I read and reviewed and having gained some distance I can tell…
Read MoreA seven-page PDF that argues Man inheriting a sin nature from Adam is an essential (or in theological triage, a first rank) doctrine.
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How do you tell the story of Christian faith? The difficulty, the crisis, of believing? How do you describe the struggle? Those are the opening lines from film director Martin Scorsese’s foreword to today’s book. Hi, my name is Terence and I’m your host for Reading and Readers, a podcast where I review Christian books…
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Many of us only think about God and our faith come Sunday when we pray, praise God, hear the Word then say good bye as we go back to the rest of our mundane life. But what if the mundane was revealed to be glorious? Hi, my name is Terence, and I’m your host for…
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Rejuvenation for the weary preacher. A siren call for sluggish Christians. The book that re-established the primacy of preaching in the church. Hi, my name is Terence, and I am your host for Reading and Readers, a podcast where I review Christian books for you. Today, I review “Preaching and Preachers” by Martyn Lloyd Jones,…
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Philippians (Crossway Classic Commentary) by J.B. Lightfoot
Pop quiz. Which epistle has the verse “To live is Christ, to die is gain”? If you answered Philippians, you are right. That’s Philippians 1:21. Today’s author has long since died and gained his heavenly reward but before he died he wrote a whole book on Philippians so let’s get to it. Hi, my name…
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