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June 10
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Josh
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Paperback)
by David Allen
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Josh said:
"I was majorly helped by this book. I'm still running my Getting Things Done system. The what-am-i-supposed-to-be-working-on chaos in my life has been much reduced. When you are using his system well, there is somewhat of a Zen-focus to your work. ...more
I was majorly helped by this book. I'm still running my Getting Things Done system. The what-am-i-supposed-to-be-working-on chaos in my life has been much reduced. When you are using his system well, there is somewhat of a Zen-focus to your work. The mind is clear of trying to remember what you've committed to, and you are do what's in front of you.
Great book for the philosophy (what it means to "work" in our knowledge/creativity economy) and practical--his Getting Things Done system.
Whole-hearted recommendation (and I don't make too many of those for non-Christian titles)...less
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Josh
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Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations (Hardcover)
by Alex Harris (Goodreads author!), Brett Harris
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read in June, 2008
Josh said:
"I really liked it!
Do Hard Things is a book for teenagers (which can easily mean 20-somethings as well) by Christian teenagers.
But instead of being about "How to date/court" or "How to stay pure" or "How to be cool for...more
I really liked it!
Do Hard Things is a book for teenagers (which can easily mean 20-somethings as well) by Christian teenagers.
But instead of being about "How to date/court" or "How to stay pure" or "How to be cool for Jesus without going to parties" it's about rebelling against the low expectations we put on 13-28 year olds.
Here's what we've been asking of teenagers--don't get arrested, don't get pregnant, do your best at school (where "do your best" isn't challenging, but however good you feel like doing).
But the years of your youth can be so much more. Great years of challenges & productivity.
I first read Alex and Brett Harris' article, <a href="http://www.therebelution.com/b... Myth of Adolescence</a> and showed it to Stephie immediately. The point is 13-14-15+ year-olds have adult capabilities, adult bodies, adult minds, adult ambitions--but not adult responsibilities or expectations. So a lot of those adult gifts get mis-directed (think teeenage computer hackers) or unused.
This has lots of implications, and the book doesn't really focus on a lot of them.
It's mainly a godly call to Do Hard Things; things that don't payoff immediately, things people don't expect you to do, things that feel impossible, things that aren't always exciting.
Take this book for example--what a well-written, real, concise, stirring, biblical message to a generation written by two teenagers! Publishing it was hard to do, but I expect it will affect many for Jesus Christ. And the book was of such high quality. They are teenagers! Do Hard Things....less
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June 05
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Josh
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The Shack (Paperback)
by William P. Young
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read in April, 2008
Josh said:
"I've read pieces of this book.
Please avoid. It is so appealing--it makes you want to say "Wow! I'm learning so much about God, I feel like my eyes are opened!" But it's a poison. It looks like story, but its objective to teach, teach...more
I've read pieces of this book.
Please avoid. It is so appealing--it makes you want to say "Wow! I'm learning so much about God, I feel like my eyes are opened!" But it's a poison. It looks like story, but its objective to teach, teach, teach.
It treats God like someone that we can feed dialogue into His mouth... as if God were fictional or a literature hero. This is what the Greeks did with their Gods..."Let me tell a new story about how Apollo did this". God is real.
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
As an alternative, I'd point someone struggling with loss and suffering to Suffering and the Sovereignty of God by author: John Piper] and Romans 8:28-39.
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May 18
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Josh
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Hardcover)
by Barbara Kingsolver
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read in May, 2008
Josh said:
"Has made me excited about eating local food.
So much of what gets me excited about these days is the reversal of the past 50-100 years of Americanization of things. Now food is included big-time.
I learned about the fresh-vegetable calendar ...more
Has made me excited about eating local food.
So much of what gets me excited about these days is the reversal of the past 50-100 years of Americanization of things. Now food is included big-time.
I learned about the fresh-vegetable calendar (what foods grow when); and got an excellent preview of what the next year will be like for Stephie and I trying to grow lots of vegetables and shop from Farmer's Markets.
I cannot give a blanket endorsement, because the author is understandably mis-lead by macro-evolution. I believe that she would be over-joyed to find out that all her favorite vegetables and animals didn't come to be through random mutations combined with the killing-off of the weak; but that a person thought up all these foods and made us to grow them and eat them daily....less
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May 12
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Josh
is currently reading:
Systematic Theology (Hardcover)
by Wayne Grudem
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April 27
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Josh
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ESV Bible, Outreach Edition (Paperback)
by God
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read in August, 2007, has a copy to sell/swap
Josh said:
"This has a Through the Bible in a Year reading plan I started in August. Can't wait to finish!
I have copies that I'm willing to give away
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April 25
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Josh
is currently reading:
George Muller of Bristol: His Life of Prayer and Faith (Paperback)
by A. T. Pierson
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read in April, 2008
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March 22
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Josh
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What's So Amazing About Grace? (Paperback)
by Philip Yancey
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read in January, 2004
Josh said:
"I got the "visual" edition of this book from Stephie right after I became a Christian in South Africa. (Later I read the full edition)
So I got to dwell by myself in Africa with a Bible, this book, and an RC Sproul book.
The visual pages ...more
I got the "visual" edition of this book from Stephie right after I became a Christian in South Africa. (Later I read the full edition)
So I got to dwell by myself in Africa with a Bible, this book, and an RC Sproul book.
The visual pages of What's So Amazing About Grace unfolded as amazing news! Is this really true? God has pardoned dirty criminals through the death of his Son? It's free? No pre-requisites? It's just... by grace? My death sentence for hating God has been paid for by another... while I was still hating him?
What the book does well is captures the aroma of Grace through stories of grace mixed in with bible teaching.
While Philip Yancey isn't a Calvinist, this book strongly affected my theology towards Calvinism on the issue of undeserved grace*.
*undeserved grace is redundant, all grace is by definition undeserved...less
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March 21
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Josh
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The Legacy of Sovereign Joy: God's Triumphant Grace in the Lives of Augustine, Luther, and Calvin (The Swans Are Not Silent)
by John Piper
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read in February, 2008
Josh said:
"You get to cheer on Jesus Christ as he turns around 3 sinners and endures with them to the end!
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