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John T
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03/06/2012 20:54 |
I think I've used that in the past, I'll have to have a look and see if that was the place that I had an account before. The other name that comes to mind is librarything, which could have been it as well.
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Helga
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03/06/2012 21:34 |
Very nice idea and I will check it out. Thanks
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Lanny Carlson
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03/06/2012 21:34 |
John,
I wasn't aware of www.librarything.com
but I checked it out and signed up there, too!
Thanks.
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John T
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03/11/2012 20:58 |
So what's everyone reading these days? I always enjoy learning about new books.
I just finished a few books:
Business by the Book, Larry Burkett - this is a book I've been wanting to read for years - I've enjoyed anything that Larry Burkett has written - a wise man. I'm working on paying off debt right now too. This was a book about how to be in business or work in the business world and follow the Bible. That's why it's business by the "book". I highly recommend this. Great read. I want to read it again a year from now!
The Wealthy Barber Returns, David Chilton - This is a second book, the first is "The Wealthy Barber" (no kidding, eh! *smile*) Both books are great primers on personal finances. Love it. I work in banking, so I take in a lot of this stuff. I read the first in College for an assignment, and truly enjoyed the second. This one bounces around a lot, but was funny and very enjoyable. Pick up a copy, and turn towards the end and read the chapter on Dash the horse. Bottom line, don't spend money on horses :-) (Ok, I'm sure there are some of you that love horses, but this story was hilarious!) Enjoy!
Beverly Lewis - The Shunning, The Confession, The Reckoning - I know, my first though was that these are the woman's books that they have in church, but they were good! What got me started? I watched a movie: The Shunning. Good movie, tough times, tough reality for them. It makes me think twice about the Amish. I always believed that their faith was based on Christ, and I'm sure it may be, but the book paints a picture of a faith based on strict rules and the bishop and not on knowing your salvation through Christ. It was quite an interesting read, and I went on and read the rest of the series! Enjoy.
Ed Bulkley, Why Christians Can't Trust Psychology - OK, I know the title may turn heads and make you think "what?". I thought the same thing. But here's the truth - I've struggled with depression, and I'm taking anti-depressants, and I've also struggled with what most men have struggled with, lust - and I've talked to so-called psychologists who basically said that lust wasn't the problem, my trying to stop it was the problem. The book correctly points out that many parts of today's secular psychology don't fit into the word of God. I love how he intersperses a story as an example throughout the book. Check it out, you may learn some interesting things. As always, if you don't like it, eat the meat and spit out the bones - that is, take what you can and don't worry about the rest. I found that the book really spoke to me. If you are seeing a counsellor, be sure that the counsellor is not only a Christian, but that he or she is counselling as a Christian. There are many that may be Christian's but don't incorporate that into their practice - they don't use prayer, they don't use the Bible, etc. I know that it's not the power of psychology that saves, but the power of Christ. I'm learning more and more to trust, and this book was helpful. Enjoy!
And I'll end with a great Christian fiction writer, Robert Whitlow! I've read everything he's written, which is likely only about 10 books, but they're awesome. Stories of real faith in action - legal fiction. He's like a Christian John Grisham. The latest one I read was Water's Edge. An excellent read!
Be blessed!
Looking forward to hearing books that you are all enjoying!
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wesrman
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03/11/2012 22:44 |
Im reading Letters from a Skeptic by Greg Boyd.
"Over the course of almost three years Greg Boyd and his father Ed corresponded about Christianity, the Bible and faith, Ed, a skeptic with a lot of questions, engages his son's expertise with love, transparency and candor. Greg, a notorious open theist and at the time Professor of Theology at Bethel University, addresses his father's questions and misconceptions about the issue dividing them in an attempt to reconcile his feelings about his father. Relying on more of a 'Pascal's Wager' type of challenge than a true call to repentance and faith, Greg gives his father the best information about Christianity that he had at the time."
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wesrman
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03/11/2012 22:47 |
I recently read The Journey of Desire: Searching for the Life We've Only Dreamed of
by John Eldredge.
Overview:
Sometimes it seems we just can't get what we want. Circumstances thwart our best-laid plans. We struggle to live a heartfelt life. Worst of all, says Eldredge, the modern church mistakenly teaches its people to kill desire (calling it sin) and replace it with duty or obligation (calling it sanctification). As a result, at best Christians tend to live safe, boring lives of resignation. At worst, their desire eventually breaks out in destructive ways such as substance abuse, affairs, and pornography addictions. In The Journey of Desire, Eldredge invites readers to rediscover God-given desire and to search again for the life they once dreamed of.|||This eBook is sold by Sony Electronics Inc.
Eldredge is an amazing author imo. I have read, and would recommend, many of his books including Wild at Heart, Waking the Dead, Beautiful Outlaw, Walking with God and captivating.
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John T
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03/11/2012 22:52 |
Awesome! I just started listening to the Walking with God audio book by Eldredge last week. I've listened to the first CD out of six. I really enjoyed Wild at Heart as well, and I'm planning to read Beautiful Outlaw, I've enjoyed his podcasts on the book! Thanks Wes!
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Lanny Carlson
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03/12/2012 13:53 |
This month, I bought five books from the Pamida clearance shelf
(I usually get my books from BOMC2.com),
and quickly devoured them.
1) Michael Dowd, "Thank God for Evolution,"
an incredible book in which Dowd, with a background in the Assembly of God
and as a pastor in the United Church of Christ, demonstrates the interdependency
of science and religion, in a way which challenges thinking and offers direction and hope.
2)Steven Waldman, "Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America," a balanced and accurate view of the history of the first amendment to the Constitution, and how extremists on the right and left have gotten in wrong.
3)John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge, "God Is Back: How the Global Rise of Faith Will Change the World," a detailed exploration by two writers for "The Economist,"
explaining the resurgence of religion in the 21st century. It begins with a comparison of the decline of religion in Europe and the vitality of religion in America, suggesting that the difference is in the state religion of the Old World over against the religious freedom and religious diversity afforded in America by the first amendment. The role of religion in today's global conflicts is also explored in depth.
4) Barbara Bradley Hagerty, "Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality," a book written by a former Christian Scientist and the award-winning NPR religion correspondent, is one of the few books I give Five Stars!
I've read most of Lee Strobel's books,
in which a skeptical journalist investigates Christianity
though a series of interviews.
I enjoy his books, but always felt he had an obvious bias
and was rather selective in selecting his interviewees.
Hagerty's research is much more far ranging,
her discussion much more objective,
and her conclusions much more open-minded.
While science can't prove the existence of God,
neither can it disprove God,
and can even provide support for faith
through the results of neurological and other studies.
5) The Green Bible, NRSV - You've heard of red-letter Bibles.
Well, this is a green-letter Bible,
printing in green all the passages that refer to creation and nature
and our responsibility to care for the world God has created.
It includes a foreword by Bishop Desmond Tutu,
articles from Pope John Paul II, Dr. N.T. Wright,Brian McLaren, and others,
and excellent study and action resources.
I haven't read this one in it's entirety
(though we do listen to the entire Bible every year here!),
but I've wanted this book for a long time,
and at $5.97 just couldn't pass it up!
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RaceGirl
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03/12/2012 18:14 |
I am currently reading Radical by David Platt. I have been looking for new Christian fiction books to read but it's hard because I refuse to read anything written in first person. And I worked part time at a Christian book store for awhile so I am familiar with most of the current Christian authors and know which ones I like and dislike. So those I like, I have read most of their stuff already :(
Next on my reading list is Reshaping It All by Candace Cameron Bure and then Weird by Craig Groeschel. Any other suggestions?
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Lanny Carlson
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03/12/2012 20:56 |
RaceGirl,
I don't have any suggestions,
but check out
http://www.goodreads.com/
and
http://www.librarything.com
You'll probably find books you'd like
and probably other people with your reading interests
who could make suggestions.
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