What are you reading?

[RileyG]

I have not been reading recently because I am going to a ton of reading on Yom Kippur to occupy myself on that day.

I hope you had a blessed holiday.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

I hope you had a blessed holiday.

It doesn't start until tomorrow night.

 

[RileyG]

It doesn't start until tomorrow night.

Well, I hope you have a blessed Yom Kippur!

 

[.Mikha'el.]

 

[heirmiles]

Hey guys, first time on this part of the forum. Greetings. Just finished the Story of My Misfortunes by Peter Abelard and am halfway through Martin Luther's Against Henry King of England. Peter died around 1142 and good ol' Henry viii was a staunch Catholic known as the Defender of the Church before he wanted to get remarried. Martin Luther was not happy that Henry towed the line with a "that's just the way it is" attitude toward extra-biblical Doctrine and tradition. After all "if it was good enough for Aquinas, its good enough for me. " Things changed of course for Henry, and Peter never did have the opportunity to sire any children.

 

[linux.poet]

The Mind of the Market by Michael Shermer
Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands by Paul David Tripp (very challenging and strange)
Right now, digging my way through The Killer Dutch by Simon Williams, which is a chess book on the Dutch Defense.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

 

[peaceful-forest]

I am currently reading a book called "The Making of Biblical Womanhood" by Beth Allison Barr.

The book challenges complementarian beliefs with research of the history of the church, and the history of the Roman Empire (to better understand the context of passages in the New Testament).

 

[.Mikha'el.]

 

[DragonFox91]

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I need to watch the cartoon of that!

 

[RileyG]

I need to watch the cartoon of that!

I've watched the TV movie excessively as a child. Didn't even know about Orwell until I was 14. 1984 is one of my favorite books of all time. Still lives rent free in my head after all these years.

 

[DragonFox91]

I am currently reading a book called "The Making of Biblical Womanhood" by Beth Allison Barr.

The book challenges complementarian beliefs with research of the history of the church, and the history of the Roman Empire (to better understand the context of passages in the New Testament).

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That would be interesting. Aren't you actually complementarian? What's it promoting instead of that?

 

[peaceful-forest]

That would be interesting. Aren't you actually complementarian? What's it promoting instead of that?

I thought some aspects of complementarianism were Biblical and legitimate before reading this book.

This book has changed my mind on the complementarian vs egalitarian argument. While I'm still in the learning process, I now consider myself egalitarian.

This book was written by a medieval historian that had practiced complementarianism. Over time, she came to realize that complementarianism was not supported by the Bible. She factors in history from multiple times, including Roman history, Paul's letters in context of Roman history, medieval history, and Reformation history.

 

[High Fidelity]

I thought some aspects of complementarianism were Biblical and legitimate before reading this book.

This book has changed my mind on the complementarian vs egalitarian argument. While I'm still in the learning process, I now consider myself egalitarian.

This book was written by a medieval historian that had practiced complementarianism. Over time, she came to realize that complementarianism was not supported by the Bible. She factors in history from multiple times, including Roman history, Paul's letters in context of Roman history, medieval history, and Reformation history.

So what are some examples of beliefs before and now for you? What has changed?

 

[DragonFox91]

I thought some aspects of complementarianism were Biblical and legitimate before reading this book.

This book has changed my mind on the complementarian vs egalitarian argument. While I'm still in the learning process, I now consider myself egalitarian.

This book was written by a medieval historian that had practiced complementarianism. Over time, she came to realize that complementarianism was not supported by the Bible. She factors in history from multiple times, including Roman history, Paul's letters in context of Roman history, medieval history, and Reformation history.

My thoughts is egalitarian's end goal is woman so equal to men they ‘become men’. But complementarian's end goal is men dominating women. Neither are Biblical & according to God’s design. Both can sound good on paper but the people practicing them have these objectives in mind. We want Biblical. Not historical. Not traditional. Not what's new

 

[.Mikha'el.]

I am saving that other book about the Sabbath for reading on Sabbath days.

 

[DragonFox91]

I was reading a little booklet I have on what the Bible says on life on other planets. It started w/ some history. Here are my notes:

Scientists are interested in ET's.
Just b/c a flying object is unidentified, that doesn't mean it's aliens
Once people believed the sun is a star & there's other stars w/ other planets, it became possible to think of life elsewhere.
Mormons started to teach the God of the Bible was born on another planet. Sci-fi stories expanded in the early 1900s. There were sci-fi movies. People believed in Martian invasions b/c they already believed Martians existed. Scientists were inspired by the sci-fi stories & thought they saw civilizations on Mars.
We can trace people seeing flying saucers to Kenneth Anrold seeing them in 1947.

I've been listening to videos on how Satan manipulates thru history & I find ties there w/ the booklet is discussing.

 

[bèlla]

I stumbled across an author who focuses on christian men a week ago and I’m digging into his work. He has several titles that cover various stages of life which I liked. I’ve recommended his work to another and I’m reading two pieces myself at present. If you have a library card you can read several for free through Hoopla Digital or visit Amazon instead.

 

[High Fidelity]

I have a pile of books on the go, but this is arriving tomorrow and I can't wait.

"Many people have a sense that the Western World is in decline and that our society is fragmenting around us. Many people have an ominous sense that we are living at the end of a civilised age and are moving into something far less pleasant and humane. But fewer people understand why this is happening.

In this new book, Jamie Franklin argues that the reason for this decline is because we have jettisoned the underlying belief system that gave birth to the Western world - and the Western mind - in the first place: Christianity. He argues that there is a logical and inevitable link between the decline of Christianity and the decline of the West.

As our metaphysical commitment to Christianity declines, so does our commitment to the benefits that came to us from Christianity. Through captivating argument, he demonstrates how this plays out in the scientific realm, which has abandoned objectivity for dogmatism; in the ethical realm, which is eliminating humanity from its own formulations; and in the political scene, as it moves away from the democratic principle towards a neo-marxist influenced, nihilistic technocracy that threatens to eliminate human culture, distinctiveness and agency in the pursuit of a globalist utopia.

In so doing, Franklin touches on contemporary political conversations that are exercising the public imagination such as abortion, euthanasia, transhumanism, and the rebirth of the totalitarian impulse in Western democracies.

Only a revival of Christianity can reverse these trends. This book urges the Church to take seriously its own commitment to the metaphysical and ethical presuppositions of its own faith. But also acknowledges the great challenge that Christianity faces as it threatens to be overwhelmed by the rising tide of secular nihilism that may yet engulf the Western World."

 

[angelsaroundme]

After watching the new Superman trailer I read Superman For All Seasons. The story has so much heart. The moments with Superman and his parents are great. I felt the comic captured Superman perfectly and I really hope the new movie does the same.