Welcome back to our annual top books of the year post. Each year our board and fellows join together to submit their favorite book from the most recent year. Each book has a short synopsis on why it’s so great. You can find last year’s recommendations here. Happy reading! As a note: These may or may not have been published in 2021 […]
The London Lyceum’s Top Books of 2021 Read Post »
Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God. We have done so not according to worldly wisdom but according to God’s grace. 2 Corinthians 1:12 (NIV) Nathaniel Hawthorne addressed ministerial hypocrisy both
A Minister Defends His Integrity Read Post »
Taken in the thousands by Nebuchadnezzar to live in exile in Babylon, the people of God found themselves very far from home. It was for these people that God gave the prophet Jeremiah a message, clear and remarkably specific, and communicated in a letter: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the
Cultivating Grace: Notes from a County Antrim Garden Read Post »
What a scholar one might be if one knew well only some half dozen books – Gustave Flaubert So little read; so much to read. Of blurbing many books there is no end, and selling your last shirt for yet another “must-read” Christian paperback is a weariness of the flesh. I read a lot. It’s
5 Sure-Fire Ways to Read More Books (No. 3 Will Amaze You!) Read Post »
Renowned as the founder of the China Inland Mission (CIM),[1] Hudson Taylor’s burden was for the millions in China who had not heard the gospel. His life’s work was to mobilize men and resources to reach these unevangelized regions for Christ. Yet as he labored in that harvest field and made frequent return trips to England
We Must Consider the Poor!—Hudson Taylor (1832 – 1905) Read Post »
Each fall since 1863, the sitting US president has issued a proclamation declaring a national day of Thanksgiving. Though perhaps viewed by some as merely a pro forma holiday ritual, these proclamations evidence the rich American tradition of government leaders’ officially invoking God’s guidance and care. Without violating the First Amendment’s prohibition of establishing an
God in Thanksgiving Proclamations Read Post »
