A large majority of those books are not worth reading at all, but even the ones that are worth your time exceed the number of books you can possibly read in a lifetime! And millions more will be published next year. You’re going to have to choose what books to spend your time on.
If we seek to have an experience that is more real or more trustworthy to our minds than the promises of Scripture, we are in danger of setting aside Scripture altogether and of seeking another gospel.
We tend to see what we want to see, or at least we find what we are looking for. If we search for errors and mistakes, we are likely to find them. But if we are on the lookout for good news, we will find that which is beautiful and encouraging all around.
In the final chapter of his book The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment, blogger Tim Challies gives a step-by-step method of practical discernment. Rather than trying… Read More »“Doing” Discernment
In spite of the dangers, Tim Challies has made it clear in the earlier chapters of The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment that discernment is directly… Read More »Growing in Discernment