When confronted with the desert challenge (Mt. 4), Jesus responded emphatically, “It is written…”
Clearly, Jesus was a man equipped with a knowledge and sagacity of letters — especially, the Scripture.
True, he is God-Man, but he did not shrink back from his humanity regarding literature. As a man, Jesus approached Scripture anthropologically — which is to say, he read, re-read, memorized, discussed, organized and shared the story of Scripture with others.
One of the great blessings that we have in the Pond Springs family is a tremendous library. Our library isn’t as robust as this one, but it does have many current and well respected evangelical volumes.
From Grudem’s Systematic Theology, to MacArthur’s Rediscovering Expository Preaching, to the complete volumes of the Early Church Fathers…to many other less academic and more pragmatic volumes, the Pond Springs library has the capacity to be a great resource for your discipleship journey.
If you haven’t visited the church library lately, please do. Check something out. And, like Jesus, exercise your mind and equip yourself to understand the Scripture, to allow it to nourish your soul and to be ready to face temptation and challenges with a firm and fulfilling, “It is written.”