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Goodbye 2022! Hello 2023! I don’t do resolutions. They have a tendency to be vague and not stick for more than a month, if they get that far. I do goals instead, and there are several things I’m excited for in 2023! First, a look back. Writing - In 2022, I attended my first writer’s… Continue reading Excited for 2023!
I'd never heard of Lady Jane Grey until I found this book, but after reading the summary I knew I had to learn more. Over the past few years I've developed a growing interest in English history, especially the period of the English Reformation. Lady Jane, used as a pawn by those around her who… Continue reading Lady Jane Grey: Nine Day Queen of England by Faith Cook
Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach believed that who we truly are can be found not in what we say, but in what we see. In 1917 he created an experiment that would go on to test this theory. The experiment consisted of ten carefully created inkblots. In this book, the first biography written about Rorschach, Searls… Continue reading The Inkblots by Damion Searls
It is impossible to talk about the Reformation without talking about Martin Luther. His Ninety-Five Theses jumpstarted this movement in the church that led back to the truth of justification. This book is a collection of essays, written by some of today's top Reformed theologians and pastors, on different aspects of Luther's life and theology, including… Continue reading The Legacy of Luther by R.C. Sproul and Stephen J. Nichols
In 1742, John Newton is a young sailor. He is preparing to sail to a new job, secured by his father, when he meets Polly Catlett. Her beauty and voice mesmerize him, and he becomes determined to win her heart. But Newton's wayward and reckless behavior, and his questioning of God and faith, are concerns… Continue reading Newton and Polly by Jody Hedlund
Does anything begin without first being an idea? A thought? How have ideas shaped the world we know today? That's what R. C. Sproul sets out to explain in this book. Going back to the days of Pythagoras, Sproul gives us an introduction to the ideas and theories of many of the greatest thinkers, including… Continue reading The Consequences of Ideas by R. C. Sproul
For America, and likely much of Western Europe, most of what we know about World War II and the Holocaust comes from the Western perspective, and the battles fought on Germany's western front. In Black Earth, Timothy Snyder tells of the events in Eastern Europe that led to the destruction of smaller state governments,… Continue reading Black Earth by Timothy Snyder
For the first time since World War II, Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" has been newly published in Germany. In today's political and cultural climate, with so many nations and individuals harboring hatred for the Jewish people, this seems like the worst possible time for such a publication. The comfort comes in that this new edition is… Continue reading “Mein Kampf” Publication in Germany
Professor Rob Plummer has declared the month of May “Read a Historical Theology text month.” What is historical theology? Plummer describes it as, "the academic discipline that looks at the development and articulation of Christian doctrine throughout church history." He has decided to read about 30 pages a day from Gregg Allison's "Historical Theology." This… Continue reading Who Loves Bible Study? I DO!
The picture to the left is the cover of a 3-in-1 collection of Elie Wiesel's Night Trilogy. Night, the first of the trilogy, is a memoir. Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor, tells of his time at Auschwitz. From his home, to the ghetto, to the camps and the separation of his family... he and his… Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel
Eusebius served as the Bishop of Caesarea. He has been called the "Father of Church History." His ten books of Church History are some of the earliest surviving documents of the history of the Christian Church, with Eusebius often providing eyewitness accounts. His work also served in keeping the words of other great historians… Continue reading Eusebius: The Church History by Paul L. Maier
When a dig in Pella turns up less-than-stunning finds, Shannon Jennings Weber decides to visit the archives of a nearby church. She discovers brown leaves of parchment being used as a bookmark in Eusebius' Historia Ekklesiastica. She brings the pages to her famous husband, Dr. Jonathan Weber, a professor at Harvard. What they discover is… Continue reading The Constantine Codex by Paul L. Maier
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