What good books are you currently reading?
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Alfredthefifth
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I have The Cost of Discipleship by Bonnhoffer.
The introductory by someone else is killing me three attempts and haven't finished it yet.
God's Smuggler and Lightforce by Brother Andrew are good reading at least to me.
Al
The introductory by someone else is killing me three attempts and haven't finished it yet.
God's Smuggler and Lightforce by Brother Andrew are good reading at least to me.
Al
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Pathfinder7
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Good books to read..
- I met him...many years ago.
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I am currently reading the book..
'When the Faith is Forbidden'
- 40 days on the frontlines with persecuted Christians.
Tom Nettleton
No. Just imprisoned.
A quick summary for those interested in learning more about his relationship with the Catholic Church.
Galileo is accused of heresy
I’m reading / re-reading early Christian writings.
I just finished Prescription Against Heretics by Tertullian; just starting On Idolatry by Tertullian.
Have you read Tertullian?
I just started a book by Jonathan Bernier called Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament. It's premise is that all of the New Testament books were completed entirely much earlier than traditional thought-- most likely all were written between 40 and 70 of the first century.
Likely to upset some apple carts perhaps.
Likely to upset some apple carts perhaps.
I agree with the dates. Revelation written before the destruction of Jerusalem indeed.
Tertullian has been good reading. I hadn’t intended to focus this much of my attention on him but I’m finding it difficult to step away from him. Having finished The Chaplet, I’m proceeding to The Show.
If you'd just gone to The Show first, you wouldn't have had to read the book. I got through high school using variations of this method.
If you'd just gone to The Show first, you wouldn't have had to read the book. I got through high school using variations of this method.
I got through High School without watching the show or reading the book. College quickly broke me of that poor practice.
As it happens, I’m going to a show (baseball, the Louisville Bats) tomorrow evening. That prompted my decision to read this particular work of his over another which I had planned to start.
Would Tertullian approve?
Of my reading him, yes. Of my going to the show, I don’t think so.
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I have many books I read but of course the #1 is the bible. I have and am reading several versions of the bible and one knows they are serious when I started TWO bible reading plans simultaneously. I mean, some people have trouble reading thru the bible in a year. Now, I've read it so many times it's more like 8-9 months per reading and even down to 6 months on occasion.
That said, I like to read religious esoterica for want of a better term. I had 26 books I considered special, but could be streamlined to 5 major books:
One book (I reread on occasion) is Judah's Sceptre/Joseph's Birthright by J.H. Allen. In this politically correct climate it's a book best kept to private reading-- I don't talk much about it any longer. I laugh when Amazon proudly sells it without knowing what's in it. But the book was written over 100 years ago in the height of the American and British Empire, and more people were Christians and not afraid to say so. It was the start of our mission work, bible societies and world colonization and power.
The second is a book by H. W Armstrong about the end times and why we are waning and the warnings it gives along with the glorious future of the coming Kingdom of God.
I like some of the 19th century theologians one being E. W Bullinger. His book is "Witness of the Stars" or God's Word told in the stars by virtue of stellar and constellation names. It depicts the bible story from ancient times.
Lastly, I have a pyramid book where some theologians believe the Great Pyramid is not really a product of Egypt, but rather God's message in stone (c.f. Isaiah 19:19-20). There are no shortages of books about the pyramid so one has to take it with great caution because it can be misrepresented. It's the math in me that takes a liking to this. Sir Isaac Newton had a similar interest in the pyramid in the context to find a measurement (cubit) related to the dimensions of the earth for his work in physics. But Newton also had interests in these same subjects and applied that to the Temple in Jerusalem and the like.
Of course, the last book is really the first, the bible as I already mentioned. These types of books give one a glimpse of the subject matter I like to read and the "Sir Isaac Newton" interests in me.
That said, I like to read religious esoterica for want of a better term. I had 26 books I considered special, but could be streamlined to 5 major books:
One book (I reread on occasion) is Judah's Sceptre/Joseph's Birthright by J.H. Allen. In this politically correct climate it's a book best kept to private reading-- I don't talk much about it any longer. I laugh when Amazon proudly sells it without knowing what's in it. But the book was written over 100 years ago in the height of the American and British Empire, and more people were Christians and not afraid to say so. It was the start of our mission work, bible societies and world colonization and power.
The second is a book by H. W Armstrong about the end times and why we are waning and the warnings it gives along with the glorious future of the coming Kingdom of God.
I like some of the 19th century theologians one being E. W Bullinger. His book is "Witness of the Stars" or God's Word told in the stars by virtue of stellar and constellation names. It depicts the bible story from ancient times.
Lastly, I have a pyramid book where some theologians believe the Great Pyramid is not really a product of Egypt, but rather God's message in stone (c.f. Isaiah 19:19-20). There are no shortages of books about the pyramid so one has to take it with great caution because it can be misrepresented. It's the math in me that takes a liking to this. Sir Isaac Newton had a similar interest in the pyramid in the context to find a measurement (cubit) related to the dimensions of the earth for his work in physics. But Newton also had interests in these same subjects and applied that to the Temple in Jerusalem and the like.
Of course, the last book is really the first, the bible as I already mentioned. These types of books give one a glimpse of the subject matter I like to read and the "Sir Isaac Newton" interests in me.
John Allen's book some say was the foundation for Herbert Armstrong's nonsense, so it figures that you would similarly be drawn in by both works. May God help ya.
Just kidding-- I read lots of stuff I don't agree with.
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