Book: The Rise of Early Christianity Another set reading for an Early Church History course I’m doing at the moment. This one was written by a non-Christian (as far as I can tell) social scientist, and he raises points about the early church that you wouldn’t read elsewhere. Highly readable, (though the passages where he …
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book: the little red writing book
Book: The Little Red Writing Book Bec had a copy of this at a recent WBW (writers’ group) meeting, and seemed worthy of further investigation, so I picked up a copy the next day. An excellent resource for thinking through the practice of writing, and provides numerous writing exercises throughout to help sharpen your writing …
Book: Eusebius: The History of the Church
If you’re trying to find out how Christianity went from being Jesus and a few people following him in Israel, to there being a Roman Emperor who considered himself a Christian, the definitive ancient work to read is Eusebius’ Church History. I read the Penguin edition, which has a long introduction, a map of Roman …
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Book: The Early Church
Book: The Early Church I’m studying a subject on early church history, and this book was recommended to me as a way to come up to speed with the events. It delivers that, though not quite what I was looking for. As much as it is chronologcal in its presentation, it’s a number of passes …
Book: How to Read the Psalms
Book: How to Read the Psalms Allan recommended this book as a good introduction to the subject that we’re doing next week. The lecturer (Tremper Longman III) wrote it as a way for non-academics to come to grips with the Psalms, and it certainly delivers. It’s a short book, at around 160 pages. The chapters …
Book: Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough
Book: Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough A book written by a couple of Australian researchers discussing the change in focus for “the great Australian dream”. Though Australians are three times richer (on average) than we were in the 1950’s, most of us feel that we don’t have enough money for basic needs. A …
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Book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows I think I’ve been reading too many blog-posts, and not enough fiction – I wasn’t expecting this book to be so long – I thought instead it would just wrap everything up quickly. It weighs in at a little over 600 pages, and I thought it was easily …
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Book: Interpreting the Psalms: Issues And Approaches
Book: Interpreting the Psalms: Issues And Approaches This book is compulsory reading for the Preaching Psalms subject I’m doing later this year. It’s a collection of essays, each by a different academic. I found it a bit of a tough read in places. Most of the essays were useful, but there was the occasional one …
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Book: Money Secrets of the Rich
Book: Australia’s Money Secrets of the Rich A friend was moving overseas, and when I helped him move some of his furniture, he gave me a number of books on investing. This was one of them. I’ve often wondered about this genre of books – normally, they’re very expensive, but this one (from the pricetag …
Book: The Power of One
Book: The Power of One– Bryce Courtenay The audiobook was free for download at the iTunes Music Store, so I grabbed it at the time; I’ve never read this book before, nor (despite listening to no small number of podcasts) listened to an audio book, and this one is a monster at somewhere around 20 …