spurgeon

Young, Restless, and Reformed

Tony Reinke Book announcement, Book reviews, BR > Crossway, Calvinism, Doctrine, Doctrines of Grace, Reformed theology, spurgeon

youngrestlessreformedcollinhansen.jpgRecently I had the honor of reading Collin Hansen’s Young, Restless, and Reformed: A Journalist’s Journey With the New Calvinists (Crossway). Hansen is an editor at Christianity Today. From my perspective, the book reads like the reader is riding shotgun as Collin travels around the country in search of discovering the far reaches of the emerging Calvinism so obvious among large groups of young Christian men and women.

The book does not set out to answer the question: “Where’d all the Calvinists come from?” But it does document the rise in a fascinating and engaging way and looks closely at the major figures and movements and how they shape the theology of the next generation of Calvinists.

Read it for the details. Read it to discover the influences among young folks. Read it it to hear stories of how individuals have been transformed by the doctrines of grace. Read it for the descriptive perception of the author. If you watch for new and excellent books, this one by Collin Hansen is a must-read coming your way in 2008. Due out April 30th from Crossway.

A new look for Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening

Tony Reinke BR > Crossway, C.H. Spurgeon, spurgeon

Hello from Maryland, to all you faithful (and very patient) TSS readers. Today I draw attention to a new edition of Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening, which is perhaps the best written and most popular devotional in church history.

The new edition from Crossway appears in a multi-colored, Truetone (leather-like) cover. The editions break Spurgeon’s classic into two volumes, Morning by Morning and Evening by Evening. It’s nice to have two volumes since (as my wife noted) morning and evening reading are often completed in different areas.

As for the edited text of this version, the biblical texts are replaced with the ESV and the editing was completed by Alistair Begg who writes, “most of the changes are minor and will go largely undetected”. This edited version of the text was originally published in 2003 as one hardcover volume.

Overall, the volumes are very attractive and will make for a great gift idea for around $26.00. Consider snagging a set for your own devotional reading, too.

Here are some photographs of the unboxing to give you a glimpse of what to expect from the new Crossway edition. Click for larger views.

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

New Attitude 2008

Tony Reinke spurgeon

Each January I see promotions for the New Attitude conference and each June I hear stories of lives transformed at the conference. But to date I’ve never attended. Well that looks to be a string of defeats that will be coming to an end this year. And you should consider the conference and encourage the young folks in your churches to consider. It’s intended to minister to young adults and young couples. Everything you need to know about the conference can be found here. The conference runs between May 24-27 in Louisville and speakers include Piper, Mohler, Harris and Mahaney.

Reading and studying the book of Jeremiah

Tony Reinke Jeremiah, Josh Harris, spurgeon

tsslogo.jpgSitting under the preaching ministry and leadership of Joshua Harris is one of the great benefits to now living in Gaithersburg. Sunday, my family and I were treated to the first in a several part sermon series titled “Old Paths,” pastor Harris’ new sermon series through the prophetic book of Jeremiah.

If you’ve been reading TSS you know I want to better understand and apply the Old Testament (see our books of the year 2007). And so Sunday as I learned about Jeremiah, it occurred that pastor Harris was actually modeling something of Old Testament hermeneutics. If you struggle to understand the connections between the Old Testament and our contemporary lives and culture I would recommend this opening message. I believe this sermon models how we interpret and understand the ancient prophets in our world today. Listen for Jeremiah, listen for wisdom, but listen hermeneutically, too.

Sermon series
Download part 1