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« Reply #1280 on: September 22, 2009, 01:02:38 PM » |
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Just finished Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. It is very well written, filled with edge of your seat suspense, but I kind of wish I had never read it. Dark places, indeed.
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« Reply #1281 on: September 22, 2009, 01:58:42 PM » |
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Now I Can Die In Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help From Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank, and the 2004 Red Sox - Bill Simmons
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« Reply #1282 on: October 09, 2009, 01:15:27 PM » |
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The Forgotten God--Francis Chan
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« Reply #1283 on: October 10, 2009, 03:48:20 AM » |
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Oh, good old Francis.
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« Reply #1284 on: October 10, 2009, 09:24:08 AM » |
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« Reply #1285 on: October 10, 2009, 03:17:19 PM » |
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I just interact with him on a semi-regular basis, so it's always a bit of a shock to remember that he's been becoming fairly known author outside of local circles.
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« Reply #1286 on: October 19, 2009, 03:00:55 PM » |
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Finished The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.
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« Reply #1287 on: October 22, 2009, 06:44:18 PM » |
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Re-reading Stanley Hauerwas' After Christendom? so that I can converse intelligently with him when I HAVE COFFEE WITH HIM I AM SO STOKED!
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« Reply #1288 on: November 10, 2009, 09:30:05 PM » |
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I started listening to the audiobook of Contact by Carl Sagan.
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« Reply #1289 on: November 24, 2009, 03:58:53 PM » |
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I didn't finish Contact yet; the narrator's voice is annoying me. listening to The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan instead.
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« Reply #1290 on: December 03, 2009, 02:11:58 PM » |
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Pop Goes Religion--Terry Mattingly
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« Reply #1291 on: December 03, 2009, 05:27:30 PM » |
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A Theology of Liberation by Gustavo Gutierrez.
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« Reply #1292 on: December 04, 2009, 04:38:09 PM » |
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Primal: A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity by Mark Batterson
I was chosen as one of 50-100 people with blogs to get a pre-release and review it and so forth. VERY cool.
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« Reply #1293 on: December 05, 2009, 06:41:33 AM » |
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And what is the lost soul of Christianity?
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« Reply #1294 on: December 05, 2009, 09:55:28 AM » |
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read it and find out...
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« Reply #1295 on: December 05, 2009, 12:32:09 PM » |
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« Reply #1296 on: December 05, 2009, 12:45:14 PM » |
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it comes out in about 3 weeks
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« Reply #1297 on: December 05, 2009, 02:42:47 PM » |
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I'll be honest, I will not have time to read this book. I have so much theology reading to do for the next two semesters that I'll be lucky to even finish my required reading, much less read a book for my own enjoyment. I've just heard so many versions of the "stripping Christianity down to its core" message, I'm curious to know what this author's take on the "core" is.
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« Reply #1298 on: December 05, 2009, 03:53:40 PM » |
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understood...i just get weary of every book title getting picked apart
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« Reply #1299 on: December 05, 2009, 04:21:27 PM » |
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I'm not picking it apart, just curious.
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« Reply #1300 on: December 30, 2009, 10:11:28 AM » |
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Just finished A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
currently finishing up (today hopefully!) The Forgotten God by Francis Chan
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« Reply #1301 on: December 30, 2009, 03:35:00 PM » |
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Code version 2.0, by Larry Lessig.
I figured I'd just skim this one, but as it turns out Lessig is an insightful and informative author. He doesn't presuppose any knowledge on technical subjects and does a great job not only discussing emerging issues of regulation and control but also explaining why it is that we, the ordinary citizens, should care about these issues. If I had my way I would make every high school senior read this book and then tell them "this is the world you will be living in...what are you going to do about it?"
I usually jot down notes, insights, and thoughts while I'm reading. Most books use a few lines of notebook paper. I've filled one sheet and am only halfway through. There's some good stuff in here.
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« Reply #1302 on: January 04, 2010, 08:31:20 AM » |
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Do Something! Make Your Life Count by Miles McPherson
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« Reply #1303 on: January 09, 2010, 08:36:35 AM » |
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This Beautiful Mess by Rick McKinley
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« Reply #1304 on: January 09, 2010, 11:56:21 PM » |
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Raising Dad--Thom and Art Rainer
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« Reply #1305 on: February 08, 2010, 10:38:55 PM » |
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Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller
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« Reply #1306 on: February 15, 2010, 12:10:55 AM » |
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No Perfect People Allowed by John Burke
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« Reply #1307 on: February 20, 2010, 04:05:07 PM » |
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Soul Revolution by John Burke
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« Reply #1308 on: March 08, 2010, 01:07:55 PM » |
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Steering Through Chaos--Scott Wilson
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« Reply #1309 on: March 16, 2010, 09:33:53 AM » |
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The Bourne Identity - Robert Ludlum
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« Reply #1310 on: March 16, 2010, 08:16:41 PM » |
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Church Dogmatics Vol. 3 book 2 by Karl Barth
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« Reply #1311 on: March 16, 2010, 11:01:26 PM » |
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Beyond Charity--John Perkins
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« Reply #1312 on: March 29, 2010, 09:00:57 AM » |
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The Christian Atheist--Craig Groeschel
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« Reply #1313 on: April 05, 2010, 04:09:44 PM » |
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Stripped by Jud Wilhite
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« Reply #1314 on: April 16, 2010, 10:10:48 PM » |
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Refuel by Doug Fields
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« Reply #1315 on: April 17, 2010, 09:20:00 AM » |
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Same Kind of Different as Me--Ron Hall and Denver Moore
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« Reply #1316 on: April 19, 2010, 08:56:23 AM » |
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It: How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It by Craig Groeschel
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« Reply #1317 on: April 22, 2010, 11:09:02 AM » |
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« Reply #1318 on: April 25, 2010, 03:26:33 PM » |
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« Reply #1319 on: April 25, 2010, 03:52:57 PM » |
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Lord Save Us From Your Followers by Dan Merchant
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