Hemmeke Blog: July 2017

After a couple of sermons today on Jesus, the Good Shepherd, here are a couple videos about the cultural context from Ray VanderLaan.

Books I've read lately

Steve's books

Lost in the Middle: Mid-Life Crisis and the Grace of God

Lost in the Middle: Mid-Life Crisis and the Grace of God

by Paul David Tripp

Paul Tripp is consistently on the mark in diagnosing the sinful condition of the heart, whatever stage of life or topic he addresses. Lost in the Middle does not disappoint. Tripp accurately describes the mid-life problem: a heart fixed ...

Classical Me, Classical Thee: Squander Not Thine Education

Classical Me, Classical Thee: Squander Not Thine Education

by Rebekah Merkle

A quick 100 pages written to classical school students to point out the benefits of such an education, and to call for appreciating and not squandering such a gift. Merkle does a decent job speaking to a high school audience, with littl...

Orthodoxy

by G.K. Chesterton

A grand apologetic work in which Chesterton shows the madness of modern atheist thought, displays the wonder of the mundane world, and glories in the ancient novelty of orthodoxy. Ancient novelty, you say? This is my own phrase for Ches...

Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture

Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture

by David P. Murray

An immensely helpful book specifically for burned out, middle-aged pastors, but kept general enough to be useful to anyone stressed out. There is a companion book for women, called Refresh. Don’t be fooled by the gimmicky-appearing alli...

The Main Points of the Doctrine of the Covenant

The Main Points of the Doctrine of the Covenant

by Klaas Schilder

A speech by Klaas Schilder, 1944. This was my first foray into Dutch theologian Klaas Schilder’s writings, and it will not be the last. The author’s name has come up in recent theological controversies, and now I know why. Schilder emph...

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