In the first place, I can’t get the Amazon connections to link correctly . . .That said . . .
One of my summer reading projects has been John M. Frame’s magisterial, The Doctrine of the Christian Life.
Frame writes from a Reformed perspective and focuses on ethics including a voluminous section on the Ten Commandments. He deals with many ethical issues including divorce, to gambling, to birth control.
So, I was thinking, I really should blog something about this book since it has been such a blessing to me. But, then I started thinking. Most of my readers don’t spend a lot of time reading large theological books. Someone might unsuspectingly order the book only to have it show up and discover that it is literally over 1000 pages. Further, they might discover that it is a bit academic for their tastes.
Let me stop right here: you know I don’t discourage anyone from reading theology and I don’t think “academic” is bad – – not at all. But, I don’t want to surprise anyone with a book that makes War and Peace look like a dime novel.
Which led me in turn to consider what book on doctrine I would recommend as a first book. And, not surprising to the people in our church, that brings me to the abridged version of Grudem’s book which we are studying in our church doctrinal class. If you don’t have a basic book in doctrine, then this is a good place to begin.
