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  • I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist

    I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist

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    Reviewing a faith-building book. For those who consider themselves atheists or agnostics, “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist” by Norman L Geisler and Frank Turek, ©2004 unsettles comfortable dogma and cracks open the possibility that what you have argued against might be possible after all.   For those who are believers, this is…

  • Five Books for a Changed Life Pt. 2

    Five Books for a Changed Life Pt. 2

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    What to read next! All of us are trying to scroll less and read more.  But what to read?  In this second post in my series about some of the most impactful books that I have recently read, I’m passing along some suggestions for your reading list or Christmas book-giving list.    The books are of…

  • Top Ten Books Challenge

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    My wife challenged me on Facebook to list the top ten books that have influenced my life. I don’t necessarily take up every Facebook fad. But this one I consider a very thoughtful and potentially helpful exercise. One of the proverbs I heard along the way is “Leaders are readers!”   I agree totally. This challenge…

  • Library thinned

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    I’ve completed thinning out my library according to the guidelines I published earlier.  Several associates, teachers and mentees have perused the boxes.   Some books were displayed on our yard sale as well.  However, few lookers took more than a small handful.   Seems like I remember coming away from such opportunities 20 years ago with armloads. …

  • Chronicling the reading habit

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    Reading is an important habit for all of us. Of course, our number one book to read is the Bible.   I have several ways to keep track of my reading.   When I finish a book that I own, I write the date in the front. Since I started blogging, I also try to write a…

  • Book recommendations for marriages in troubled times

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    Last Sunday I finished the series of sermons called Kitchen Table Talks on Relationships.  As I was studying for the series and reviewing various sourcebooks, I was thinking about which ones to recommend to couples who were going through difficult times in their marriages.   My wife and I know from personal experience that marriage is…

  • Book Recommendations on Dealing with Our Anger

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    This week’s continuation of the sermon series Kitchen Table Talks on Relationships dealt with the subject of anger in our relationships.   I did not have a chance to mention the resource books I wanted to recommend.   One of the books I recommended last week; Making Love Last Forever by Gary Smalley (Word Publishing 1996) has…

  • Is the idea of library becoming obsolete?

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    Yesterday, I was looking for a fact that I had used before concerning the early Greek documents of the Bible.  I walked from shelf to shelf in the library lining my office but did not see what I was looking for.  Mildly irritated that I could not find it quickly, I initiated a Google search and found…