Beyond Emmaus

“Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” — Luke 24:32

Dug Down Deep

I just finished reading Joshua Harris’ book Dug Down Deep. I like to think of it as coffeehouse systematic theology. Easy to read, but deep in truth.

dug down deep

Saint Peter writes,

…but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect…
(1 Peter 3:15)

Joshua certainly does this, making clear the major tenets of Christianity, weaving his own journey of the Christian faith into it, and leaving us with a fine example to follow in how we answer those who ask about the faith we hold—knowledgeable & firm, yet humble and loving.

He makes a lot of great points along the way which I, of course, highlighted and will share with you all. However, since I bought the physical book instead of the Kindle version, transferring those to the blog was a bit more time-consuming, and I wasn’t able to share them all. But that’s ok because you’re going to read the book for yourself anyways, right?

Here’s the promo for the book from joshharris.com. The quotes I highlighted are after the jump.

Note to Self: Sing!

The Resurgence has posted a great excerpt from a new book, Note to Self: The Discipline of Preaching to Yourself written by Joe Thorn.

My favorite quote of the post:

People sing about the things that capture their hearts and things that give them joy. People sing of heroes, victory, longing, and hope. People even sing as a way to express their sorrow. Does anyone have more reasons to sing than you? As a sinner who has been forgiven, a slave who has been freed, a blind man who has received sight, a spiritual cripple who has been healed—all by the gospel—you have real reasons to be known as a person of song!

Read the full post at theresurgence.com.