thanks for the update. God’s grace to you.

sda

For what it’s worth, I’m very grateful you blogged the whole SBC thing. As a Presbyterian it’s been fascinating for me to get a glimpse inside what I consider a sister denomination and even more fascinating to see how those I know are brothers and sisters in Christ deal with bringing a reformed and calvinistic world and life view to bear in a denomination that has typically been (passively at least) antagonistic to such things. I find it tremendously encouraging to hear that things like the membership issue progress and pass through the convention as it speaks to me of a respect for the things of truth and, increasinlgy, the Word of God that perhaps I may have been dismissive of in the past.

So thanks for that insight. And thanks for the update on the reading challenge. I trust we can all pick up and find jewels aplenty in this month’s book - and I tend to agree with the writers above that I may not read every word on every page - but such as I read for the month are a rich and sumptuous feast!

Things are getting organized and regimented better for me here which is good, and I hope to devote a little more time in the future to blogging and promoting the challenge.

And without your reading challenge I wouldn’t even own those books.

A head’s up to any who might have been lulled into thinking that this is an easy project by the nature of the last couple of works. Bridge’s “A Lifting up for the Downcast” is a different kind of book. Not only is it longer in pages, those pages have more words, the writing is somewhat more archaic, and each page is packed with meaning.

By the way, my prize from the May drawing arrived yesterday from Reformation Heritage Bookstore. I am thinking about a way to give away my extra copy of “Meet the Puritans”, and should soon announce something on my blog.

Thanks for everything, and I pray that all is well with you and yours.