Currently reading . . .
What are you reading this week?
.
The Letters to Timothy And Titus, Philip Towner, 2006, Eerdmans
I’m slowly reading through Towner’s notes on 1 Timothy. This is commentary is a recent addition to the New International Commentary on the New Testament series.
Seek the Welfare of the City: Christians as Benefactors and Citizens (First-Century Christians in the Graeco-Roman World), Bruce Winter, 1994, Eerdmans
This is a scholarly study of role and obligations of Christians as benefactors and citizens in society, based on ancient literary and nonliterary sources. Winter concludes that “Contrary to the popular perception that early Christians withdrew from society and sought to maintain a low profile, Christians living in Gentile regions of the Roman empire were challenged by Paul in the New Testament epistles to “engage the societies in which they lived and, to the degree they could, help upbuild them and provide benefactions to them.”
Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography, Iain Murray, 1988, Banner of Truth
Earlier this year I read Marsden’s biography of Edwards. This book is quite different. Read together the two complement each other. Edward’s world was so different from ours, yet I continued to be amazed and how relevant some of the issues Edward’s struggled are today.
Current listening . . .
What are you listening to this week?
In recent days my mp3 listening has included talks and lectures from …
