So We Speak

We're reflecting on a summer of reading and recommending our favorite reads!

For most of church history, Song of Songs was among the most popular books to teach, preach, and study. Now it's typically viewed as a book about marriage. Is there more to it? Cole and Terry discuss this poetic...

Ecclesiastes is unlike any other book in the Bible. The wise King Solomon shares his experiences about life under the sun, struggle, vanity, and the purpose of life. Even here, we can see pointers to Jesus Christ.

Sometimes it's the hardest times that teach us what is most important. In the second half of this episode on The Tower and the Ruin, Dr. Michael Drout opens up about the sorrow behind the book and how Tolkien's stories...

J.R.R. Tolkien's work is more than just a great story. Michael Drout's book is part memoir and part scholarship, tracing Tolkien's masterpiece as a work or literature and a work of life. You'll never read Lord of the...

What is true freedom? Paul says we have true freedom in Christ, but it comes only through surrender. As Christians, the freest we will ever be is when we are fully submitted to Christ.

What does it mean to be born again? In one of the more difficult passages in Galatians, Paul challenges the false teachers with who their mother is, comparing Sarah and Hagar, the law and the Gospel, and slavery and...

In the wisdom center of the Bible, we can see pictures of Jesus. The wisdom of God is fulfilled in him; Proverbs' counsel for living is fulfilled in him; and the instructions we read show us the way God has called us to...

The Psalms are the songbook of the Bible. Can we find Jesus there? Throughout his life, the Psalms were always on Jesus's mind. Some point to him, others were fulfilled in him, but all of the psalms help us to see Jesus...

The final city of our series is one of the most important in the New Testament. Ephesus was Paul's home base for many years, a gospel hub and gateway to Greece. The church was pastored by Timothy, and the Apostle John...

One of the goals of great books is to help us see our world more clearly. Few books do this like J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. In Robert Dobie's new book The Fantasy of J.R.R Tolkien, he shows how Tolkien...

The first major church outside of Jerusalem was founded in Antioch. Paul and Barnabas pastored there before they were sent out on their missionary journeys. This church would be their home base for decades afterward. It...

The world wars were driven by attacks on the very values of the West. Liberty, justice, the rule of law, and the dignity of all people were directly under assault. Shaped by the First World War, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R...

What does it mean to be a disciple? The Gospel of Matthew is more than just a description of Jesus's life, death, and resurrection; it is a literary masterpiece designed to invite us into a life of discipleship. The...

Where did Jesus grow up? Where did he choose to live during his ministry? Did Jesus own a home? This week, Cole and Terry discuss the cities of Nazareth and Capernaum, what they would have been like in Jesus' day, and...