What are you reading now?

Re-reading The Triumph of Faith in Habakkuk by Donald E. Gowan, formerly Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

Might be a little liberal for some, but deals with a transcendent hope even amid adversities, sufferings and injustices in the world.

Cheers,

Jim

 

Karen,

Have you read other Ravi Zacharias books? If so, how do you like his writing?

 

This is my first. I intend to read others of his now. He has an eloquent style that grabs both the heart and the mind. Covers Biblical passages and themes with a fresh eye.

Karen

 

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I presume you mean something other than Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham" and "Horton Hears a Who" (which make a great basis for a children's sermon that can also be preached to adults of all ages).
I just finished Don Metz's book "Studies in Biblical Holiness." and look forward to reading "Five Views of Sanctification"

 

I just finished a book called "The Word of God in English" by one Leland Ryken. I think this is a book worthy of mentioning to anyone interested in bibliology and more specifically the Bible versions issue and translating the Bible. Of the handful books I have read so far on Bible translating this one is my favourite. It is well written and quite comprehensive, comparatively, touching upon many angles pertaining to Bible translating. The sub-title is "Criteria for excellence in Bible translation". I think if this book is widely read it will open some eyes and perhaps cause a small scale return of people to formal equivalent translations of the word of God as opposed to dynamic equivalent versions and paraphrases. Much more could be said about this IMO already classic work in this said genre, but not now.

Harald

 

I forgot to add that I'll be starting John Grisham's The Summons soon. Since I was headed to law school before God called me to ministry, I like to read Grisham and think about what might have been

 

Purely for fun (I switch off, depending on what I'm doing):

Nymphomation - Jeff Noon (this is currently my 'before bed book')
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (this one's sitting at work)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares (in my bag)


For research (okay, and fun, too )
The Second Treatise on Government - John Locke
Stone Butch Blues - Leslie Feinberg
Brain Sex: The Real Difference Between Men and Women - Anne Moir & David Jessel
The Constitution of Liberty - Friedrich A. Hayek
Porn 101: Eroticism, Pornography and the First Amendment

And still A Theory of Justice by John Rawls and now Political Liberalism in tandem (he responds to some criticisms of the first book's theories in the second book).

 

When Religion Becomes Evil by Charles Kimball
Brevísima relación de la destrucción de la Indias by Fray Bartolomé de las Casas
Melville w Polsce: zarys stanu badań (od 1864 do 1999) by Pawel Jędrzejko
The Rolling Stones by Robert Heinlein

Haruo

 

Oh, and I forgot my Baptist book,

Golden Boats from Burma , a biography of Ann Hasseltine Judson by Gordon Langley Hall

Haruo

 

Francis of Assisi Adrian House
St Francis of Assisi Omer Engelbert
Francis of Assisi and his world Mark Galli
A Glimpse of Jesus Brennan Manning

and just purchased...
Everybody's normal till you get to know them, John Ortberg

 

Great! Email me rather.

 

"Ragamuffin Gospel" - Brennan Manning

 

The Rebirth of Orthodoxy by Tom Oden
Keeping Faith by John and Frank Schaeffer
Facing Forward by Wendy Zoba

Clay

 

Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis
Archetypes of Wisdom, Soccio(Philosophy class)
Heroic Faith, Voice of the Martyrs

When I finish Lewis, I plan to start on Ragamuffin Gospel, Brennan Manning

 

Just started in on "Настольная книга атеиста" ( The Atheist's Deskbook, 1985 edition ), which I found on a 25¢ rack at a used-bookstore. Seems to be mostly about religions, not atheism. My Russian's pretty rusty so it's slow going, but it's good practice, and informative.

Haruo

 

I am currently reading Saddam Hussein: A Political Biography by: Efraim Karsh and Inari Rautsi. Waiting in the wings is Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam, And the Future of America: Through Our Enemies' Eyes by: anonymous senior US intelligence official with nearly two decades of experience in national security issues related to Afganistan and South Asia.

Joseph Botwinick

 

I am currently reading'Fearfully and Wonderfuly Made by Philip Yancey
It is pretty good still not my fav of all time still pretty good.

 

"The Dirt on Learning" by Thom and Joani Schultz, pub. by Group Publ.

Uses the Parable of the Soils in Matt 13:1-23 as a basis. The differents soils are the different kinds of learners in our churches, and we need to learn how to prepare the soil for each one.

"Teaching That Works" by Cliff Schimmels, pub by Standart Publ.

Finds principles of teaching in the Bible, using many Biblcal and contemporary examples.

Both of these start with the Bible to find the principle, instead of finding the principle and then looking to the Bible. What a Concept!!