It was a busy month, so I didn't read very much.
1. Moving Without Mayhem by Jo Kent ***
[
Read from April 27 to October 02]
I
skipped over the parts I didn't need to read, such as selling and
buying your house (already done), but the rest gave some practical
helps, such as how to pack boxes in the best way.
2. Apostate by Kevin Swanson ****1/2
This
is essential reading for the Christian or those with nagging questions
about faith and reason. I am still working on reading it, but have read
about half so far and have found it to be insightful and
thought-provoking.
Kevin Swanson writes about many influential
men who apostatized from the faith, either in their own lifetimes or in
their lineage. The first part--called The Nephilim--covers Thomas
Aquinas, Rene Descartes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jeremy
Bentham, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Fredrich
Nietzsche, John Dewey, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
The second
part--called The Literary Nephilim--covers William Shakespeare,
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, and John Steinbeck.
The
third part--The Cultural Nephilim--covers the influence of musicians
and the church, and sums up with a call to follow Christ.
You
will most likely learn much from this book, perhaps some surprising
things and some disturbing things, but you will also see the futility
and destructiveness of man-centered thinking. I highly recommend this
book, and see it as very important for anyone in our day.
Almost a 5-star read for me. It's just a bit depressing overall, though it ends on a more positive note.
I received this book from crossfocusedreviews.com in exchange for my honest review. Thank you!
Philemon
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