Church History
That’s Called Productivity in Your 40s
John Eliot was a pastor in New England in the early 1600s. In John Piper’s biographical sketch of John Eliot, he wrote: And so when he was slightly over 40 years old, Eliot set himself to study Algonquin. He deciphered the vocabulary and grammar and syntax and eventually translated the entire Bible as well as [...]
The Reformation – A Review
I have been reading Diarmaid MacCullough’s book The Reformation and I must say that though I have tried to stop reading it from the beginning, I can’t seem to let it go. Not because the writing style is so engaging, because it isn’t. Not because his positions align with mine, because they don’t. And not [...]
The Amazing John Newton
I just received this bio of John Newton in the mail yesterday and I haven’t been able to put it down. I’ve read half already and will probably try to finish the book by the end of this week. It is such a fascinating read of one of the most dynamic figures of 18th century [...]
The Reformation: How a Monk and a Mallet Changed the World by Stephen Nichols
For those of you who want a nice brief overview of Reformation history, this is a great little reader to pick up. Stephen Nichols is an engaging author who does a good job of summarizing broad swaths of history, providing snippets of information, and still capturing the lives and stories of the day. I had [...]
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