We must return to proclaiming powerfully and joyfully the event of Christ's death and Resurrection, heart of Christianity, principal fulcrum of our faith, powerful lever of our certainty, impetuous wind that sweeps away every fear and indecision, every doubt and human calculation. — B16

writes:

Joe Thorn recommends The Sovereignty of God by A.W. Pink to his congregation and readers.

In my own theological development, this book was the beginning of my turn into a decade of Calvinism. But the irony was that when I read the appendix on Pink’s interpretation of John 3:16, I knew what I was reading was a very long way from what I knew about God in Jesus.

You have those books you wish you’d never heard of? This is at the top of my list. For whatever truth is in it, Pink’s idea of God took me far away from Jesus into the God of the theologians. I left the God of mystery and wound up chasing the perfect theology.

I hope God blesses all who read it, but it was a major cul de sac for me.

@ 9:26 pm January 17, 2009 | Permalink