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  • Currently listening to audiobook version of The Devil's Delusion by David Berlinski.
    My Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0719RS8BK

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    • The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
      The Descent of the Dove: The History of the Holy Spirit in the Church by Charles Williams
      Dreamsongs Vol. 1 by G. R. R. Martin
      Assault on Olympus: The Rise of the House of Gramont between 1604 and 1678 by Warren H. Lewis (brother of C. S. Lewis)
      Studia Patristica Vol. 39 ed. Frances Young, et al.
      The Monastic Letters of St. Athanasius the Great trans. Leslie W. Barnard
      Evagrius Ponticus: Ad Monachos Trans. and Commentary by Jeremy Driscoll
      Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

      Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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      I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist

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      • Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians Volume 1 by Ben Witherington
        The Early Christian Letters for Everyone by N.T. Wright
        Paul and the Faithfulness of God by N.T. Wright
        Aragorn: What do you fear, my lady?

        Eowyn: A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire.

        Aragorn: You are a daughter of kings, a shield maiden of Rohan. I do not think that will be your fate.

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        • Scientific Approaches to the Philosophy of Religion by Yujin Nagasawa, ed.
          My Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0719RS8BK

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          • Rogue World by BV Larson.

            and no it isn't about rogue06, although the first book in the series did have dinosaurs in it.

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            • Finished recently:

              Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan (finally... started this series in January)

              Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis

              The first Mistborn trilogy, Brandon Sanderson

              Listening right now:

              Making Sense of God: an Invitation to the Skeptical, Timothy Keller

              William Lane Craig's Defenders series (not sure that counts as a book, but close enough)

              Next on the list:

              Miracles, Eric Metaxas

              Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, Eric Metaxas

              How Should We Then Live?, Francis Schaeffer

              The second Mistborn trilogy, as soon as the first book is available from the library

              I'm on the library waiting list for quite a few audiobooks, mostly fiction. Good non-fiction, especially theology, is hard to find on audiobook.
              Curiosity never hurt anyone. It was stupidity that killed the cat.

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              • Just checked out a bunch more books from the library on my lunch break today. Upcoming list, in probable listening order, after the ones in my previous post:

                Erasing Hell: What God Said About Eternity, and the Things We've Made Up, Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle

                The Four Loves, C.S. Lewis

                God's Not Dead, Rice Broocks

                Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments For God Just Don't Add Up, John Allen Paulos

                The Complete Bible Answer Book, Hank Hanegraaf

                The Everlasting Man, G. K. Chesterton

                Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi

                You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity, Francis and Lisa Chan

                The Tao Te Ching, Lao Tsu

                Refelections on the Psalms, C.S. Lewis

                Meditations, Marcus Aurelius

                My Religion, Leo Tolstoy

                My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers

                Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton

                Prayer: The Essential Guide, Timothy Keller

                Books on hold that I've not checked out yet: (Audiobooks still have a limited number of "copies" that a library "owns" that can be checked out, and you have to wait for someone else's copy to "expire" before it becomes "available".)

                Cold-Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace

                Updated edition of The Strong-Willed Child, Dr. James Dobson (Rational Gaze wants kids, I fully expect them to be like him.)

                A Peculiar Glory, John Piper

                The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis

                The End of Faith, Sam Harris

                The Knowledge of the Holy, A.W. Tozer

                Why the Jews?, Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin

                Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Became Parents, Gary Chapman with Shannon Warden

                Crazy Love, Francis Chan

                Forgotten God, Francis Chan

                Then a bunch of Brandon Sanderson's books:

                The Way of Kings

                Words of Radiance

                Warbreaker

                Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

                The Alloy of Law

                Elantris


                Edit: I forgot the stuff on the other library card, hah
                Last edited by QuantaFille; 09-16-2017, 10:44 PM.
                Curiosity never hurt anyone. It was stupidity that killed the cat.

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                • Lincoln's Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac by Stephen W. Sears
                  Autumn of the Black Snake: The Creation of the U.S. Army and the Invasion That Opened the West by William Hogeland
                  Daughter of the Empire, Servant of the Empire, and Mistress of the Empire by Raymond Feist and Janny Wurts (re-reads)
                  The Periodic Table by Primo Levi
                  Fields of Fire by Marko Kloos

                  Waiting for a couple books to come in via ILL:
                  Studia Patristica Vol. XL ed. Frances Young, et al.
                  Evagrius of Pontus: The Greek Ascetic Corpus by Robert E. Sinkewicz
                  Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

                  Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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                  I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist

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                  • Audiobook

                    We Are Legion

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                    Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street.

                    Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable planets. The stakes are high: no less than the first claim to entire worlds. If he declines the honor, he'll be switched off, and they'll try again with someone else. If he accepts, he becomes a prime target. There are at least three other countries trying to get their own probes launched first, and they play dirty.

                    The safest place for Bob is in space, heading away from Earth at top speed. Or so he thinks. Because the universe is full of nasties, and trespassers make them mad - very mad.

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                    Pretty humorous book.

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                    • Currently reading 'Warranted Christian Belief' by Alvin Plantinga.
                      My Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0719RS8BK

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                      • Finished:

                        Erasing Hell: What God Said About Eternity, and the Things We've Made Up, Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle

                        The Four Loves, C.S. Lewis

                        God's Not Dead, Rice Broocks

                        Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments For God Just Don't Add Up, John Allen Paulos (This one was pretty bad. I had never heard of the author but the title intrigued me, so I got it. The author should have read a few books before writing one.)

                        The Complete Bible Answer Book, Hank Hanegraaf

                        The Everlasting Man, G. K. Chesterton (I ended up skipping this one only 5% in. I just could not follow his train of thought. Maybe I'd do better with a print copy.)

                        Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi


                        Right now I am catching up on the Naked Bible podcast, and then I'll pick up where I've left off on my book list.
                        Curiosity never hurt anyone. It was stupidity that killed the cat.

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                        • Originally posted by QuantaFille View Post
                          Finished:

                          Erasing Hell: What God Said About Eternity, and the Things We've Made Up, Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle
                          Sprinkle's since crossed over to the dark side (annihilationism)
                          "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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                          • Justo Gonzalez - The Story of Christianity (volume 1)

                            Once I get paid I want to buy Michael Heiser's new book (can't remember the title offhand)
                            "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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                            • Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
                              Sprinkle's since crossed over to the dark side (annihilationism)
                              Interesting. As a side note, every time I see his name, I can't help but wonder what his position is on baptism.

                              Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
                              Once I get paid I want to buy Michael Heiser's new book (can't remember the title offhand)
                              I have Kindle copies of his fiction books, plus The Unseen Realm and Reversing Hermon. I need audiobook versions or I'll never get around to reading them.
                              Curiosity never hurt anyone. It was stupidity that killed the cat.

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                              • Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
                                Justo Gonzalez - The Story of Christianity (volume 1)
                                I've read both volumes of this work, and I was rather underwhelmed. It's written very much on a popular level, with few supporting footnotes or references.
                                Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

                                Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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                                I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist

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