Friends,
Dr. David Steele, who resides online at Veritas et Lux, has written a helpful encouragement concerning reading. I want you to be aware of what he has written.
While some tastes in media are generational, there is great benefit in the practice of regular reading. I don’t want to paint using generational broad-brushes that say “millennials only watch videos” and such, for example. I am aware that having a blog, in and of itself, is an indication that I’m a technological dinosaur who is out of touch with new media. Yet I remain hopeful that articles like Dr. Steele’s can be used by the Lord to help us grow in the faith, grow to maturity, grow in patient wisdom.
In the opening of the document, Dr. Steele says:
I offer this Christian Reading Manifesto as a brief rationale and apologetic for evangelicals, especially young people. My hope is that many will respond to the challenge and enter a new era of learning which will accelerate their Christian growth and sanctification. Lord willing, this new resurgence of learning will impact countless lives in the coming days and help spark a new Reformation.
Dr. David S. Steele, A Christian Reading Manifesto
One of the hurdles I have found over the years, concerning reading lists by academic Christian leaders, is that they read voraciously, so their reading recommendations are piled to the heavens. Dr. Steele’s manifesto has the benefit of small steps which lead down the road in the right direction. In other words, he is not pushing for a moonshot by every young evangelical. Instead, and thankfully, it is a modest proposal that he brings to the table.
Please click here to read Dr. Steele’s A Christian Reading Manifesto.