What's the First Line in the Closest Book?

[gitamerah]

If I skipped over the introduction, title, dedications, etc:

Come to Me with a teachable spirit, eager to be changed.

~ Jesus Calling, a daily devotional by Sarah Young​

 

[HiredGoon]

"The most telling critique leveled against Arnold Toynbee did not deal with his presentation of the facts or even with his theory of challenge and response, but with his assumption that "civilization" may be regarded and used as a historical entity."

The Dawn of the Reformation: Essays in Late Medieval and Early Reformation Thought by Heiko A. Oberman

 

[InTheGarden]

"Research is complete only when the results are shared with the scientific community."

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association

 

[FireRock]

Counting the Preface:
"Since I've never had the oportunity to attend seminary, God has regularly used theological books to give me much-needed instruction."

Not counting the Preface:
"It was a sweltering night in New York."

from Breakthough Prayer by Jim Cymbala

 

[VeronicasImage]

St Peter of Atroa,who was born in 773 near Ephesus,was the eldest of three children,and was christened Theophylact.


From Butler's Lives Of saints

 

[DanPev]

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

 

[meh]

In form, 12 Angry Men is a courtroom drama.

Roger Ebert- The Great Movies II

 

[blue*sky]

Ask seasoned rock climbers for the heart of their expierence, and they inevitably fix on lead climbing.

Traditional Lead Climbing by Heidi Pesterfield

 

[scraparcs]

Most of the religions of mankind have been local, and even tribal, in their character.

A History of Christian Missions, Stephen Neill

 

[WeakButHopeful]

"Recently a pilot was practicing high-speed maneuvers in a jet fighter."

The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard.

I'm only on page 25 and I love it. By the way, the analogy the author was making is that most of humanity is flying upside down and doesn't know it.

 

[FireRock]

"Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God."Spiritual Authority by Watchman Nee(Ive read bits and pieces of this book and it seems very good! I need to sit down and get through the whole thing one of these days...)

 

[Hackett]

All rights reserved.

 

[meh]

I really struggled with the overwhelming task of writing a book on the life of Christ.

-Beth Moore, Jesus, the One and Only

 

[Hackett]

We are pleased that you have selected us to provide your health care coverage. Health Care manual

 

[Ellesar]

"Finley, population 543." White by Ted Dekker

 

[DanPev]

Boris Spassky has had a curiosly uneven chess career for a world titile holder.---Spassky's 100 Best Games

 

[oncewaslost]

"In this book I seek to explicate the convergence of three factors in current theological conversation."
Walter Brueggeman, Israel's Praise: Doxology against Idolatry and Ideology

or

"The first writer I watched at work was my stepfather, E. B. White."
William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White, The Elements of Style, 4th Edition

or

"But for the political history of the half-century in between we have to rely on brief and bare Latin histories of the second half of the fourth century, and later Greek chronicles."
Millar Fergus, The Roman Republic and its Neighbors, pg. 240 (photocopy)

or

"Kate Turabian designed this manual as a guide to suitable style for presenting formal papers--term papers, theses, dissertations--in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences."
Kate L. Turabian , A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations

i'm writing a paper

 

[Hackett]

In the spring of 2002, I planted one fo the first green roofs in New York City.

 

[chick_for_Christ]

God is fond of you...

from: God Thinks You're Wonderful! by Max Lucado

 

[Thankful75]

Once upon a time, in a generation stepped in much emptiness and spiritual darkness, a boy was born who was given a great gift.

from the book "No Compromise" The Life Story of Keith Green. By Melody Green and David Hazard