books

  • Screwtape in Danger

    I’m reading the Screwtape Letters, which has to be, by far, my favorite book of all. Screwtape is writing to his nephew, a junior demon that has just begun the job of tempting a human and leading him (hopefully for Wormwood) to Hell. Screwtape is talking in this section about how ‘The Enemy’ (which of…

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  • Goal of Life vs. Goal of Our Vacation Quote

    If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks’ vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days. – Dorothy Canfield…

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  • Faith and Authority from Keith Hueftle's book on Grace

    From The Trouble With Grace by Keith Hueftle Under orders, and with confidence in the person’s authority giving the orders, you might expect to do such a bizarre, inane thing. But this is not a call to presumption. Jesus is not asking to work up a so-called “faith” – self-generated – in order to make…

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  • Two Excerpts I Want You To Read

    Here are two excerpts from “The Forgotten Ways” by Alan Hirsch A Note to Leaders and Introduction: http://www.cmaresources.org/files/ForgottenWaysHandbook-excerpt.pdf and Introduction and Chapter 1 – Confessions of a Frustrated Missionary: http://assets.bakerpublishinggroup.com/processed/book-resources/files/Hirsch.pdf? 1362591025 I’m not sure if I’m allowed to link to these or not, which is why I am not hosting them on my own pages…

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  • God's Eager Hospitality

    I’ve been reading “The Trouble With Grace” by O. Keith Hueftle and it is really really good. Keith shows a real depth for God’s hospitality as it shows His character. It’s not just a hospitality of “if you come, I’ll take care of you” but a pursuing, hungry hospitality that tracks you down and then…

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  • Great Description of the State of the Church

    This seemed like such a good picture of the true life of Jesus being obscured and covered by politics and church struggles. Praise God that He is living and that the Holy Spirit guides us in truth. If all we had to go on was history and tradition, we’d be way off course by now!

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