“In the media today, the Christian media, there’s too much triffling with God, too much slapstick, too much triviality. There aren’t enough tears. There isn’t enough seriousness. The Joy has a light silly flavor to it. Not the kind of flavor that out to be there when you have suffered and died with Jesus. We ought to be calling the world to a kind of joy which has tears on it’s face and can walk through dark valleys. Instead of trying to sound like the silly banter of primetime, drive time, world.”
John Piper, “Looking at the Kindness and Severity of God 2
I recently got a matching pair of Bibles for Jenn and I. They are made by R.L. Allan, not a well known Bible maker in the U.S., but they do have something of a reputation among those searching for quality made Bibles. The company that makes is in Glasglow Scotland, bound in Highland Goatskin. They look like glowing bricks of gold. I took a few photos.
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