Thanks for sharing that.
A prophet is never received in his own town.
Might I suspect a book by a < sarc> cold heartless Calvinist? < /sarc> (Sarcasm is not aimed at you)
Tim Keller wrote a book titled The Reason For God. It might help you with your discussions with friends and family. You can see him on Youtube going into the belly of the beast so to speak. He has given lectures at Stanford and the Google campus. I find the quite winsome and disarming towards the skeptic.
Thank you for the suggestion. I have many books that I want to read that I do not seem to get around to reading. Lately I have come to the conclusion that it is much better to read and study the Bible itself rather than books about the Bible. I realize that God's Word is true and cannot be improved upon. The Holy Spirit is with me to lead me in understanding and prayer is the line of communication.
A while back I was reading an article from Central ????(education) something or other that was titled ... ‘Death to the commentaries or commentators’. It got me thinking about how much credence we give to commentaries; expecting learned, truthful comments from non-deceitful teachers, etc.
I have read many of Surgeon's old writings and other greats of his time. Very prolific. Anyway I love the immediacy of his style that was the style then. I am a supporter of’The Truth for Life’ ministry, and they send out a book of the month, usually from writers of 100 years ago or more, a few current writers. I do attempt to keep up with most of them.
Thank you for your kind words.
“Fare ye well”. Acts 15f