Idle musings of a bookseller

Idle musings by a once again bookseller, always bibliophile, current copyeditor and proofreader. Complete with ramblings about biblical studies, the ancient Near East, bicycling, gardening, or anything else I am reading (or experiencing). All more or less live from Red Wing, MN

Monday, June 30, 2025

Anselm and honor

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Anselm means something very different by “honor” than we are readily equipped to understand without effort. God is not a tin-pot dictator ob...

True Charity

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514 True Charity C. S. Lewis didn’t talk about percent giving. He said the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. He said our...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Little Is Much, When God Is in It

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512 Little Is Much, When God Is in It 1 In the harvest field now ripened    There’s a work for all to do;    Hark! the voice of God is call...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Make us worthy (prayer)

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506 Make Us Worthy Make us worthy, Lord, to serve our fellow men thoughout the world who live and die in poverty and hunger. Give them,...
Friday, June 27, 2025

Justice serves mercy

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A psychoanalyst once explained to me that “the negative moment [in therapy] is in the service of the positive moment.” This conviction under...

After a bit of fame? Read this

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503 Glorifying God in the Everyday The wonder of the Incarnation slips into the Life of ordinary childhood; the marvel of the Transfigurati...
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Expand your understanding!

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When we read of the righteousness of God, it also means the justice of God, and, most important, it means the action of God in making condit...

Peace and abiding

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499 Peace I know not what I shall become: it seems to me that peace of soul and repose of spirit descend on me, even in sleep. To be withou...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

A just peace

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Peace without justice is an illusory peace that sets the stage for vengeful behavior later on. The strength to persevere in the struggle is ...

Through the Love of God, Our Savior

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498 Through the Love of God, Our Savior 1 Through the love of God, our Saviour,    all will be well.    Free and changeless is his favour; ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

It's not just the victims!

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We arrive at a point that is all too rarely acknowledged. In the final analysis, the crucifixion of Christ for the sin of the world reveals th...

Tozer for Tuesday

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Weed: Christ Is for Us, God Is against Us Some say that Christ the Son differs from the God the Father. That is one weed I want you to pull...

Like a River Glorious

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497 Like a River Glorious 1. Like a river glorious is God’s perfect peace,    Over all victorious, in its bright increase;    Perfect, yet ...
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