The Study Room, Christian library, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Parenting books aren’t my favourite.  Great way to start a blog post, right? But I’ve got this personality that wants to do everything right, the first time, and parenting books make me feel like I’m failing, and have failed and will continue to fail, because parenting is hard. There are a million small and large decisions to make, five hundred thousand curve balls to be caught with your hand or your face or missed entirely.  There is no road map (much to my dismay). So, as much as I don’t enjoy parenting books to the nth degree, they can be very helpful and thought-provoking. Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp was a helpful kind of parenting book. 

Christian Beliefs by Wayne A. Grudem covers all the major topics of Christianity. It answers questions such as “Who is God?”, “Why were we created?”, and “What does sin have to do with our relationship with God?” Grudem’s book covers from before time, when only God existed, through creation, the fall, redemption, the Christian’s life, all the way to the final judgement and the future for Christians. Though there are many things in the Bible that can be controversial, this book presents the beliefs that are foundational to Evangelical Christianity. With twenty different topics, separated into twenty different chapters, Grudem gives an easy to understand yet deep look at these twenty basics that every Christian should know.