Tevi Troy wrote: The reports are in about the books President Obama is looking at on his annual trip to Martha’s Vineyard. According to reports from the Los Angeles Times and the AP, Obama purchased five books on his trip to the Vineyard bookseller Bunch of Grapes: Marianna Baer’s Frost, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, [...]
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The Holiest of All, Part 12
Posted in Andrew Murray, Books, Christianity, Theology on March 28, 2011 |
I’m way behind on blogging this book (the last post was almost three months ago), but I do have a way of finishing things — eventually. From The Holiest of All, chapter 22, by Andrew Murray (emphasis mine): The word of the quotation (Hebrews 3:7-11) first point us to what is the great privilege of [...]
The Holiest of All, Part 11
Posted in Andrew Murray, Books, Christianity, Theology on January 1, 2011 |
From The Holiest of All, chapter 21, by Andrew Murray (emphasis mine): How often does it happen—both after times of revival and special effort, and also in the ordinary work of the church—that those who ran well for a time get so entangled in the business or the pleasure of life, or the literature, politics, [...]
The Holiest of All, Part 10
Posted in Andrew Murray, Books, Christianity, Theology on November 21, 2010 |
From The Holiest of All, chapters 17-20, by Andrew Murray (emphasis mine): The only way for us to come from under the power of Satan and death was to lay off that fallen nature over which they had power, to come out of that sinful life by dying to it, and, in dying, to be [...]
The Holiest of All, Part 9
Posted in Andrew Murray, Books, Christianity, Theology on November 14, 2010 |
From The Holiest of All, chapters 14-16, by Andrew Murray: There was no way to come out of the fallen nature—with the power of self and self-will ruling it—but by entirely dying to it; suffering anything rather than letting it have its way. His (Jesus’) allegiance to God was absolute. He proved to us that [...]
The Holiest of All, Part 8
Posted in Andrew Murray, Books, Christianity, Theology on October 31, 2010 |
From The Holiest of All, chapter 13, by Andrew Murray: His death was proof of His resistance to sin and its temptation, of His readiness to give up life rather than yield to sin. The one view is that of substitution, in other words, Christ doing what I cannot do. The other view is that [...]
The Holiest of All, Part 7
Posted in Andrew Murray, Books, Christianity, Theology on October 25, 2010 |
From The Holiest of All, chapters 10 and 11, by Andrew Murray: There is no fellowship with the Father except through the Son, and no fellowship with the Son and His salvation except through the Holy Spirit in us. As complete as Adam’s communication of a sinful nature was will be Christ’s impartation of a [...]
The Holiest of All, Part 6
Posted in Andrew Murray, Books, Christianity, Theology on October 19, 2010 |
From The Holiest of All, chapter 7, by Andrew Murray: Christ is the King eternal. His dominion is an everlasting dominion…. Eternal is that in which each moment always exists in its full strength—immovable and unchangeable. Christ, our King and our God, is annointed with the oil of joy. He is annointed, too, to give [...]
The Holiest of All, Part 5
Posted in Andrew Murray, Books, Christianity, Theology on October 16, 2010 |
From The Holiest of All, chapters 5 and 6, by Andrew Murray: The superior excellence of the New Testament over the Old consists in this: that God has spoken to us and has wrought salvation for us in His Son. It is only the heart that yields to be led by the Holy Spirit that [...]
The Holiest of All, Part 4
Posted in Andrew Murray, Books, Christianity, Theology on October 14, 2010 |
From The Holiest of All, chapter 4, by Andrew Murray (emphasis mine): The fact of Christ being seated on the throne in heaven means we can actually be brought—through the supernatural power that the Holy Spirit supplies—into God’s holy presence, living there our daily life. It was because the Hebrews did not know this—because they [...]
The Holiest of All, Part 3
Posted in Andrew Murray, Books, Christianity, Theology on October 12, 2010 |
From The Holiest of All, chapter 3, by Andrew Murray: We know that whatever a man sets his heart on exercises a mighty influence on his life and leaves its stamp upon his character…. He who sets his heart upon the living God will find the living God taking possession of and filling his heart. [...]
The Holiest of All, Part 2
Posted in Andrew Murray, Books, Christianity, Theology on October 11, 2010 |
I started posting quotes from The Holiest of All, by Andrew Murray, yesterday. Here’s part 2, from chapter 1: The Son—In Whom God has spoken. Men’s words appeal to the mind or the will, the feelings or the passions. God speaks to what is deeper than all: the heart, that central depth withing us where [...]
10/10/10 (The Holiest of All, Part 1)
Posted in Andrew Murray, Books, Christianity, Computing, Politics, Theology on October 10, 2010 |
Today is 10/10/10, which brings us a new release of Ubuntu Linux. Ubuntu 10.10 arrives with impressive new netbook environment Canonical releases Ubuntu 10.10 “Maverick Meerkat” I’ve been reading The Holiest of All by Andrew Murray (available free on-line (link fixed 10/12)) for a course that I’m taking. In fact, that’s just about all I’ve [...]
The Hope Habit
Posted in Books, Christianity on September 28, 2010 |
This book showed up in my spam filter a few weeks ago. It looked good, so I ordered it. I’ve only read the intro and the first chapter, but my initial impression remains: This seems like a really good book. You can currently buy it from Amazon.com for less than $2 a copy! I tried [...]
The Faith and Values of Sarah Palin
Posted in Books, Christianity on August 25, 2010 |
Friend and fellow blogger David A. Holland has a new book out, The Faith and Values of Sarah Palin. According to amazon.com my copy has shipped, so I’ll have more to say about it soon. Be sure to check out the “first pages” link below, or click on the image above. The Faith and Values [...]
The Hope Habit
Posted in Books, Christianity on August 25, 2010 |
I found this in my spam filter this morning. It looks good! The Hope Habit – Finding God’s Goodness when Life is Hard (amazon.com) Read the first pages
I’ve got a reputation for being an anti-gadget guy[1] of sorts, but I think I’m going to spring for one of these. From Ars Technica: Amazon is once again dropping the price of the Kindle, but this time, the Kindle is coming with a makeover as well. The company is introducing a WiFi-only version of [...]
A Light in Darkness
Posted in Books, Christianity, Theology on May 25, 2010 |
It’s no secret that I like books. My current collection takes up about 50 feet of shelf space, and it’s still growing. This is getting to be a problem: The state university library is no longer the only place in town with “stacks.” I read some books as a matter of necessity. My profession spans [...]
I’ve been reading Tongues: Beyond the Upper Room, by Kenneth E. Hagin for the past week.[1] He says something very interesting about “mental conversions” on page 259. If you have the book, take a look. I’ll post a quote when I get home tonight. Update Page 259, paragraphs 3 and 4: Here is something we [...]
Too Many Books
Posted in Books on April 8, 2010 |
Here is a list of books that I’m currently reading. I like to keep several going at the same time, but this is too many; I need to finish some of these before I start any more.
