Faith Seeking Understanding
Pastor’s Blog Sections
B. B. Warfield, Counterfeit Miracles
A series of lectures on counterfeit miracles given in 1917 to 1918. The book is divided up into six chapters: the cessation of the charismata, patristic and mediaeval marvels, Roman Catholic miracles, Irvingite gifts (cf. review of The Life of Edward Irving), faith-healing, and mind cure.
D. A. Carson, The Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor: The Life and Reflections of Tom Carson
One of the most brilliant-evangelical theologians in the United States writes of the life and efforts of his father, Tom Carson. Tom Carson for about fifteen years (1948-1963) struggled to pastor a small English speaking Baptist church while simultaneously working as a missionary to the French speaking population of Quebec….
Charles Williams, The Image of the City and Other Essays; War in Heaven
The philosophical, theological, and poetic musings of a moderately brilliant poet who wrote histories, popular journal articles, fiction novels (War in Heaven), and gave lectures to the developing middle class on art and culture to pay the bills….
Michael P. V. Barrett, Beginning at Moses: A Guide to Finding Christ in the Old Testament
A solid, scholarly, and conservative introduction to interpreting the Old Testament from a Christocentric perspective:
Richard Bauckham, The Bible in Politics: How to Read the Bible Politically
A thoughtful establishment of a hermeneutical process for developing biblical application of the Bible to modern politics and ethics.
Arnold Dallimore, The Life of Edward Irving: The Fore-Runner of the Charismatic Movement
The book records and explains the rise of speaking in tongues, prophecy, and the continuation of the apostolic office under the ministry of Edward Irving (1792-1834).