No, it’s not Oprah’s Book Club, but one I started. We begin on March 15. More information here:
READ GREAT BOOKS WITH ME AND FRIENDS
Leave a reply
Monthly Archives: February 2014
FAVORITE PLACES TO READ #4: OUR LIBRARY
Professor John Wilsey of Southwestern Seminary solicited pictures of home libraries/studies. One of our bookshelves got lopped off, but this panoramic picture shows most of it. I wish I could magically stretch the room like the camera is able.
Soon, I will give tips for how to build a great library at a very reasonable cost.
MITT ROMNEY LIKES TO CLEAN UP!
Thanks to John Fea at http://www.philipvickersfithian.com/ for posting this fascinating documentary on Mitt Romney. Romney’s penchant for picking up trash is something I can relate to. Like me, I think he finds it therapeutic!
RACE AND REDEMPTION IN PURITAN NEW ENGLAND
My interview with Professor Richard Bailey, author of Race and Redemption in Puritan New England:
SPECULATION IS SEXY
Wonderful article. It reminds me how many miss that “end times” teaching is to make us different people (II Pe. 3:11). Instead, too many spend time in fruitless speculation with their color-coded charts.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jack-levison/bill-nye-ken-ham-debate_b_4718702.html
HOW ABOUT THESE “BLUE COLLAR” WORKERS?!
)BS6g~~60_35.JPG?set_id=880000500F "Classic Coal Miner Reading The Bible, Figurine Statue, New In Gift Box")
“Welsh coal miners even had their own libraries. A study of the records of one them revealed that the number of books checked out equaled 86 annually for each miner who was a member. This culture of reading was so strong that these tough, working-class men would boast to one another that they had read every book in the library.”
The entire article is fascinating:
http://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/52/52-3/JETS%2052-3%20519-535%20Larsen.pdf
THE AMAZING SPURGEON
He did not make it to his sixtieth birthday. He dealt with loads of physical infirmities, YET:
MY AMAZON REVIEWS
You can find many of my reviews/interviews (140 and counting) on Amazon here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/AD6JNQ8EPWHGM?ie=UTF8&ref_=cm_cr_rdp_pdp
INTERVIEW WITH TIM KELLER
Here is my interview with Tim Keller on his latest book, Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2014/02/04/tim-keller-on-suffering/
THE PRACTICALITY OF SOUND SCHOLARSHIP
If you ever wondered about the impact of a scholar, read this truly arresting and encouraging article:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/january-february/world-missionaries-made.html