Saturday, January 01, 2005
Happy New Year!
My New Year's resolution is to read more. I have well nigh lost any habit I once had of reading for pleasure, due to years of assigned reading in college and seminary. Now that I'm done with all that, I'm going to make an effort to regain the habit.
If anyone has any suggestions for books I ought to read, please post them in the comments.
May God bless you and yours in the coming year.
If anyone has any suggestions for books I ought to read, please post them in the comments.
May God bless you and yours in the coming year.
Comments:
Hey Matt. First off, what "colege" did you go to? ;^)
Are you looking for fiction or non-fiction recommendations?
Are you looking for fiction or non-fiction recommendations?
Ouch... that's embarrassing.
Anything. Lay it on me. If you think I should read it, let me know. If I disagree, or if I've already read it, I'll just ignore it.
Anything. Lay it on me. If you think I should read it, let me know. If I disagree, or if I've already read it, I'll just ignore it.
Byzantium - Stephen Lawhead; Historical fiction based on an Irish monk's travels to deliver a copy of the book of Kells to Constantinople (Byzantium). An epic journey from Ireland, to the Viking's homeland, to the middle East. The first 100 pages (it's about 800 pages total) are a bit slow, but keep plowing through. If you start it, you MUST read to the very end... very uplifting.
Song of Albion series - Stephen Lawhead; I liked this trilogy (The Paradise War, The Silver Hand, The Endless Knot) better than his take on the Arthurian legends.
What We Can't Not Know - J. Budziszewski; excellent closer to his previous The Revenge of Conscience and Written on the Heart.
Origins of Life - Hugh Ross & Fazale Rana; good foundation for the coming revolution in how life's origin is viewed.
Undaunted Courage - Stephen Ambrose; get bitten by the Lewis & Clark bug... it's their bicentennial. You might rent Ken Burn's Lewis & Clark first as a primer, or just get a copy of the Lewis & Clark journals (edited).
The Privileged Planet - Jay Richards & Guillermo Gonzalez; see what caused such a fuss at The Panda's Thumb.
Song of Albion series - Stephen Lawhead; I liked this trilogy (The Paradise War, The Silver Hand, The Endless Knot) better than his take on the Arthurian legends.
What We Can't Not Know - J. Budziszewski; excellent closer to his previous The Revenge of Conscience and Written on the Heart.
Origins of Life - Hugh Ross & Fazale Rana; good foundation for the coming revolution in how life's origin is viewed.
Undaunted Courage - Stephen Ambrose; get bitten by the Lewis & Clark bug... it's their bicentennial. You might rent Ken Burn's Lewis & Clark first as a primer, or just get a copy of the Lewis & Clark journals (edited).
The Privileged Planet - Jay Richards & Guillermo Gonzalez; see what caused such a fuss at The Panda's Thumb.
Yeah, Dembski's book does a good job explaining ID (albeit, from a different point of view than, say, Reasons to Believe). Greene's book provides a wonderful description of the complexity of God's creation, although Greene professes no theological stance - as far as I'm aware.
Back on the historical fiction side, you might also look at The Iron Lance, by Lawhead. The chapter in which he describes the plundering of Jerusalem, during the Crusades, will leave you breathless with regards to the depravity of man.
Back on the historical fiction side, you might also look at The Iron Lance, by Lawhead. The chapter in which he describes the plundering of Jerusalem, during the Crusades, will leave you breathless with regards to the depravity of man.
Matt,
If you want to read a novel that is hard to put down I suggest Timeline by Michael Crichton. I also hear he has a new book out, but I have not read it yet. If you enjoy Tom Clancy style thrillers you may want to read one of Joel Rossenberg's books. I believe the first one is the Last Jihad.
Hope you do well with your Resolutions.
If you want to read a novel that is hard to put down I suggest Timeline by Michael Crichton. I also hear he has a new book out, but I have not read it yet. If you enjoy Tom Clancy style thrillers you may want to read one of Joel Rossenberg's books. I believe the first one is the Last Jihad.
Hope you do well with your Resolutions.
Thanks for your comments Dark (are you buttering me up for an end-around attack?).
BTW, I've never stated that God couldn't operate the way Theistic Evolutionists claim. My stance is that TE effectively closes the door on any need for God and, in doing so, relegates any awareness of God's existence to that of purely subjective experience.
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BTW, I've never stated that God couldn't operate the way Theistic Evolutionists claim. My stance is that TE effectively closes the door on any need for God and, in doing so, relegates any awareness of God's existence to that of purely subjective experience.
