J Michael
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Is that just the image you grabbed, or are you actually listening to the audiobook? Seems like that one might be a tougher one, given the content. I mean, it's not terribly details, but even as it is mentioned generally.
I've been meaning to check that out...David Bentley Hart "The New Testament: A Translation"
I'll admit, I'm listening to the audiobook (actually most of my English "reading" nowadays is audiobooks; Chinese books I'll actually read to maintain/improve my reading level).I've been meaning to check that out...
That's just the image I grabbed. I'm reading a real book, not even a "digital" oneIs that just the image you grabbed, or are you actually listening to the audiobook? Seems like that one might be a tougher one, given the content. I mean, it's not terribly details, but even as it is mentioned generally.
I've been meaning to check that out...
Nicomachean Ethics / Aristotle; translated , with introduction, notes, and glossary by Terence Irwin.
The Mrs. says it looks like a real page turner.![]()
That’s a good one! I read it years and years ago.Currently I am reading The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by St. Bede.
It's a great read for someone who wants to connect to some British Saints from a time when the country was Orthodox.
I haven't, no. Is that what the tv show The Expanse was based on? I remember a bunch of reaction channels starting to watch that a while back.Has anybody read the Expanse series? I was looking for some lighter reading. The Wikipedia article about the first book seems like it is interesting.
I'm not sure, but I think he did write a book about evil and the Bible/Christianity, so maybe that was about the time he broke off from whatever form of Christianity he was part of...?Didn't Ehrman become an atheist a few years ago? Something about not being able to reconcile evil and suffering with a loving God?
I've made it through a few of his courses offered on the Great Courses:Didn't Ehrman become an atheist a few years ago? Something about not being able to reconcile evil and suffering with a loving God?
Have you read Larchet's "The Theology of Illness" or Lewis' "The Problem of Pain"? Those are only 2 of a number of good books dealing with the issues of pain and suffering and death and the Christian response to them.
Thank you so much!Have you read Larchet's "The Theology of Illness" or Lewis' "The Problem of Pain"? Those are only 2 of a number of good books dealing with the issues of pain and suffering and death and the Christian response to them.
Yes. The show is based on the novels written by James S. A. Corey, which is a pen name for two authors. I read the first novel and am currently reading the second one. There are more expletives than I like. Yes, I know. Some people talk that way, but I think one can write a good novel without using them. The first one was interesting, although I thought the authors dragged with the ending. So far, the second one is interesting.I haven't, no. Is that what the tv show The Expanse was based on? I remember a bunch of reaction channels starting to watch that a while back.
I love him already. I would say that it's one of many cultural idolatries, and because our culture has forgotten God, we are seeing what the new paganism looks like. The god of antiracism, the god of organic food, the god of fitness, the god of veganism, the god of..., on and on, in all directions. Some of us make an idol out of church or the Bible. It's not every person decrying racism, just like not every vegan idolizes their veganism. In any given case, it's a specific, very noisy minority that the media unfortunately latches onto. Ideally, the pushback shouldn't take the form of a broad brush.View attachment 20781
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'Woke Racism': John McWhorter argues against what he calls a religion of anti-racism
Linguistics professor John McWhorter's new book is Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America. He says some in the U.S. cultural left have taken "anti-racism" efforts to extremes.www.npr.org