Category Archives: Books
The Best Books I Read This Year (2011)
These are my thirteen favorite books I read in 2011: 1. Unbroken / Laura Hillenbrand This biography of Louie Zamperini was the best book I read in 2011. (Thank you, Russ Andrews, for recommending it to me!) As I read Unbroken I kept … Continue reading
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“A tough bit of theology” by C.S. Lewis
“For my own part, I tend to find the doctrinal books often more helpful in devotion than the devotional books, and I rather suspect that the same experience may await many others. I believe that many who find that ‘nothing … Continue reading
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And the winner is…
… Abigail Snyder! Congratulations to Abigail and thanks to each one of you who participated in the giveaway. (Abigail, I’ve sent you an email with instructions on how to access your gift certificate.) I enjoyed hearing from you and learning … Continue reading
Win $100 Worth of Books Worth Reading
Due to the faithful subscribers of Tolle Lege and the generosity of my friends at the Westminster Bookstore, I have a $100 gift certificate that I want to give away to one of my blog readers. To enter the giveaway, simply leave … Continue reading
The Best Books I Read This Year (2010)
These are my fifteen favorite books I read in 2010: 1. What Did You Expect? / Paul David Tripp Of all the books I read this year, What Did You Expect? was my favorite. It ought to be required reading for … Continue reading
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“I grew up a word-haunted boy” by Pat Conroy
“I grew up a word-haunted boy. I felt words inside me and stored them wondrous as pearls. I mouthed them and fingered them and rolled them around my tongue. My mother filled my bedtime hour with poetry that rang like … Continue reading
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“Don’t abandon thinking” by John Piper
“If we were to succeed in raising a generation of people who give up serious, faithful, coherent thinking, we will have raised a generation incapable of reading the Bible. Reading is thinking. Either we do it carefully and accurately or … Continue reading
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