February 13, 2023

Ep. 65 - RTR #3 - Sharing Christ with the Culture.

52 minutes

We back at it with another Real Talk Round Up. Reformed Perspective's editor, Jon Dykstra join us for this one to recap and discuss the last few episodes. We also discuss the cultural moment we find ourselves in and how to evangelize to those around us. Jon also shares some great book/biography recommendations and we've listed them here:

"A reason to read biographies is to see, and be encouraged by what God has done in other people’s lives. And then be challenged to consider, if He could use them, what could He do with you, if only you trusted Him to keep hold of you? You can find longer reviews of each book by clicking on their title." - J. Dykstra.

Top 5 biographies for those who love to read

Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken – WW II veteran Louis Zamperini survived enemy fire, being alone on a raft for weeks, and a Japanese POW camp, all the while being “unbroken.” But Who was keeping him so?

Brother Andrew’s God’s Smuggler – Dutchman dares to smuggle Bibles behind the Iron Curtain, counting on God to blind seeing eyes

Corrie Ten Boom’s The Hiding Place – Dutch woman and her family hide Jews during WWII, get caught and sent to concentration camps, and Corrie shows us how God was with her in it all

Kara Tippets’ The hardest peace – a pastor’s wife starts a mommy blog, then uses it to share her journey when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. She shows us how to die in the security, and to the glory, of God. Amazingly beautiful!

George Van Popta’s Man of the First Hour – for anyone with Canadian Reformed denominational connections this is a must-read. The story of the first pastor of the Canadian Reformed churches, and is as much a history of him and his family as of the founding of the denomination

Bonus: Rosario Champagne Butterfield’s The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert – lesbian university professor meets a pastor who asks her, have you considered you might be wrong?

Top 5 accessible biographies to get a person started reading biographies

Susan K Leigh’s Luther: Echoes of the Hammer – graphic novel yes; superficial? No!

Todd Nettleton’s When Faith Is Forbidden – 40 true stories from the front lines about God using miracles and persecution to gather His people

Kim and Krickitt Carpenter’s The Vow – after a car accident leaves a wife with no memory of marrying, or even meeting her husband, she remains committed to the marriage vow she made before God.

Robertson McQuilkin’s A Promise Kept – Christian college president leaves his position when his wife is struck by Alzheimer’s.

Matt Carter and Aaron Ivey’s Steal Away Home – a fictionalized biography of Charles Spurgeon and his friend, a former slave, Thomas Johnson – a pain-free way to learn about the “Prince of Preachers”

Bonus: Douglas Bond’s The Thunder – a fictionalized biography of John Knox, showing him to the be action hero, body guard, pastor that he was.

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