Books you are reading (or are wanting to read)

[MrJim]

Takin' a week off.

I've already got 41 hours in this week and still have Thurs & Fri to go but even though a lot of time is spent driving on the DC & Baltimore beltway it's not too bad a deal--beats factory! But I am looking forward to being off.

Our wedding anniversary is Saturday (17 years) and a sitter is watching the boys so we're going to spend the day out--and probably end up at a bookstore somewhere...

 

[~InHisHands~]

*Grin* I think that trip to the bookstore sounds like a fun way to spend part of your anniversary and congrats on 17 yrs!!

 

[MrJim]

Update time folks...

I am currently reading Adventures in Missing the Point by Campolo & McLaren. It's pretty good, strangely written since one guy writes a chapter then the other talks about the points the other missed .

I started the Irresistible Revolution by Claiborne but stopped...I was kind of scared to read more at this point--I should say scared in an exciting sort of way, guess I was afraid of what I'm going to discover, so I'll finish it soon.

 

[Danfrey]

I have have just skimmed through "The Kindom that Turned the World Upside Down". As I read through it I realized that I remembered more of it than I thought, so I ended up reading through it pretty quick. Tonight I am planning on starting the first volume of the Ante-Nicene fathers in preparation to write some articles for my website. http://nipto.org

 

[MrJim]

I have have just skimmed through "The Kindom that Turned the World Upside Down". As I read through it I realized that I remembered more of it than I thought, so I ended up reading through it pretty quick. Tonight I am planning on starting the first volume of the Ante-Nicene fathers in preparation to write some articles for my website. http://nipto.org

That is some fairly heavy reading...it's interesting that many traditions call upon the ante-nicene fathers for support of their stance-I know the RC & EO use lots of passages from the A-N Fathers.

 

[brother daniel]

Hi all.

Knowing a person's library is a great thing.

I thought it would be good to make an ongoing thread about either what you are reading and/or what is on the top of your reading list. Post anew as what you are reading or wanting to read changes.

I have been reading:

The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann

And I am wanting to read:

Gandhi And Beyond: Nonviolence for an Age of Terrorism by David Cortright

I am focused on scriptures, with the aid of the strongs Concordance.
My son gave me a book by Frank Peretti called the Visitation, but I have hardly cracked it.

Reading and answering e mail and visiting Christian forums takes an hour or two each day.

Most of my time now is spent caretaking the 40 acres weere I live. clearing pathes, burning brush, building planters and watching the leaves change color.

I dont watch movies or TV much ether. Fellowship in Christ comes first. I do scan the New York times each morning just to keep watch on the signs of the last days. It rarely has anything that grabs my attention.

What I look for these days is words from brethren about what they see God doing in their lives.

With love in Christ
brother danie

 

[brother daniel]

Hi all.

Knowing a person's library is a great thing.

I thought it would be good to make an ongoing thread about either what you are reading and/or what is on the top of your reading list. Post anew as what you are reading or wanting to read changes.

I have been reading:

The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann

And I am wanting to read:

Gandhi And Beyond: Nonviolence for an Age of Terrorism by David Cortright

I am now reading Coningsby by Benjiman Disraeli the first first jewish Prime Minister of England

Here is an online excerpt from the book I am slowly and happely reading. It is very relivent to what is happing in todays world affairs.

http://www.sweetliberty.org/issues/israel/coningsby.htm

With love in Christ
brother daniel

 

[Danfrey]

That is some fairly heavy reading...it's interesting that many traditions call upon the ante-nicene fathers for support of their stance-I know the RC & EO use lots of passages from the A-N Fathers.

There are 10 volumes, but I will be focusing primarily on the first two centuries. Things start getting a little wacky after that point from what I understand.

 

[brother daniel]

I am now reading Coningsby by Benjiman Disraeli the first first jewish Prime Minister of England

Here is an online excerpt from the book I am slowly and happely reading. It is very relivent to what is happing in todays world affairs.

http://www.sweetliberty.org/issues/israel/coningsby.htm

With love in Christ
brother daniel

There are 10 volumes, but I will be focusing primarily on the first two centuries. Things start getting a little wacky after that point from what I understand.

Thank you brother dan,
Because of your reminder I have just re-read Clement of Rome.

http://www.searchgodsword.org/his/ad/ecf/ant/clementofrome/

There is no doubt that we are called to lead a holy life.
God is still purging me of thaughts and habits from my past life.

I have been moved to read the works of Disraeli for the first time because of his relationship to Lional Rothschild, and the development of Zionist Israel, a harbinger of the end times and return of Jesus in the Clouds.

With love in Christ
brother daniel

 

[MrJim]

I finished Irresistible Revolution and immediately began rereading it. I've not done that with a book in a very long time...

 

[WayneinMaine]

Robert Friedmann, "Mennonite Piety Throughout the Centuries"

Peter Hoover, "The Secret of the Strength" (comparing with unedited first draft)

 

[MrJim]

Robert Friedmann, "Mennonite Piety Throughout the Centuries"

Peter Hoover, "The Secret of the Strength" (comparing with unedited first draft)

On "Secret of the Strength" what are you finding in the comparison?

 

[WayneinMaine]

On "Secret of the Strength" what are you finding in the comparison?

Nothing much by way of content. I only have the first 10 chapters of the original.

 

[RenewedbyFaith]

I've got old paperback copies of CS Lewis's sci-fi series. I've read Out of the Silent Planet before, but not Perelandia or That Hideous Strength.

 

[MrJim]

I read lots of sci-fi, but have never read any of Lewis' stuff in the genre. I've read some of his other work...maybe I'll have to check it out.

Is it allegorical...?

 

[RenewedbyFaith]

Yes, in a way.

His books are part sci-fi and part fantasy, I think more fantasy than sci-fi. The premise is that a man gets taken away to another planet, Mars, I think, and he finds beings so unlike earth beings that at first he has trouble comprehending what he sees. The beings help him find his way back to earth, of course.

But Lewis weaves his faith into them by making all the beings on the planet be in perfect communion with God and are in constant worship to Him, something the earthling doesn't have. The beings pity him because he comes from the silent planet, the planet whose beings don't have perfect communion with God and don't constantly worship Him.

It's like and unlike some of his other writings, more like the Great Divorce and less like Mere Christianity.

 

[MrJim]

Picked up two titles Friday night:

"The Normal Christian Life"/Watchman Nee (I had it years ago but somewhere got lost)

"A Short History of the Mass"/Alfred McBride, O. Praem.

 

[CelticRose]

Silent Night; the remarkable Christmas truce of 1914 by Stanley Weintraub.

 

[chmill24]

A book that i just finished is "Jesus Freaks". It is an excellent book. It is about martyers and it really strengthened my faith. A good read.

 

[LittleladyinChrist]

Andrew Murray - Raising Your Child For Christ