Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
I reviewed John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress in 2013, having just finished reading an edition in the original 1678 language. I have read the book several times over many decades and enjoy reading from a variety of editions, just as I enjoy reading through the Bible using different translations or study Bibles. I purchased a …
Continue reading Book Review: “The Pilgrim’s Progress: Legacy Edition” by John Bunyan
I'm currently leading my adult Bible study class at church through a years-long walk through Psalms. I'm reading a number of resources along the way, but the first that I read in full was Scott Aniol's Musing on God's Music: Forming Hearts of Praise with the Psalms. I first read it casually while on vacation …
Continue reading Book Review: “Musing on God’s Music” by Scott Aniol
I have served as a deacon for decades across two churches. Long before becoming a deacon, the church in which I grew up elected a friend and me to serve as "junior deacons" while we were high school teenagers—a non-voting position meant to expose us to the role and encourage our growth. From that time …
Continue reading Book Review: “Deacons: How They Serve and Strengthen the Church” by Matt Smethurst
Scripture memory has been a part of my life for decades. I confess that I went in spurts in earlier years. Some years, I was faithful and memorized about 100 new verses. Other years, I slacked off. What I failed to keep reviewing, I eventually lost. I was probably about 50 before memorization became a …
Continue reading Book Review: “How to Memorize Scripture for Life” by Andrew M. Davis
By the end of 2023, when I finished reading Alistair Begg's Truth for Life: 365 Daily Devotions, Volume One, I knew I wanted to read Volume Two daily throughout 2024, and so I did. You can read my review of Volume One in an earlier blog post. Unsurprisingly, I enjoyed the first one if I …
Continue reading Book Review: “Truth for Life: 365 Daily Devotions, Volume Two” by Alistair Begg
