On July 18th, Elim members went to see the Rockford RiverHawks play against the River City Rascals. In spite of a home team loss, we had a great time!
Posted on July 24th, 2008 by Janet
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Our book review this month is Meet the Puritans, a compilation of short biographies on over 150 Puritans from England, New England, Scotland and the Netherlands. The authors, Joel Beeke and Randall Pederson, review 700 books written by these Reformed authors. (The term “Puritan” was first used in the 1560’s to refer to English Protestants who called for further reforms under Queen Elizabeth.) The writings under consideration almost vanished as a whole but were brought back into the public eye by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and others.
These are the Puritans familiar to me before looking over the current book under review: Henry Ainsworth, Issac Ambrose, John Bunyan, Jonathan Edwards, Matthew Henry, Benjamin Keach, John Owen and Ralph Erskine. So I only missed about 130!
Meet the Puritans, having about 900 pages, is suitable for months—or even years!—of extended study; or you can just look up your favorites. New to Elim’s library, this book will provide a wide scope of Reformed Christian writings done over a period of about 200 years.
Here’s a trivia question: In 17th century England, the books most frequently read by children were the Holy Scriptures and John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. If you can guess the third most popular children’s preference, I guess you don’t need to read this book!
Posted on July 1st, 2008 by Scott
Filed under: From the Church Library
Those who have attended our Tuesday morning Bible study in recent months have been partaking in a unique project. I’m reading aloud each of the epistles of Paul from start to finish, without additional comment until the reading is concluded. This approach has developed a great appreciation for the fullness of the arguments contained in each letter. Paul’s flow of thought really comes through when you hear the letter read much as those in the first-century churches would have heard it when it was originally written. Read more…
Posted on July 1st, 2008 by Pastor Larry
Filed under: From the Pastor’s Pen
