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The Great Divorce: A Dream | Clive Staples Lewis
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I‘ve read this book before, but it has been at least 15 years, so it was good to go into it with fresh eyes.
I think Lewis most shines in this one when he is describing the nuances of different types of love, pity, creating, etc.
It was especially interesting to read this book with my study group after reading a more modern view on Hell & the afterlife. Lots of good thoughts & good conversations.

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bibliothecarivs
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Random book from our home library:

📖 The Christian Mind by Harry Blamires

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RobinMcElveenAuthor
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My husband and I read this one together. We really enjoyed it and found it helpful, encouraging, and insightful. If you‘re looking for a book to learn more about grace, what it is, and what it means for the Christian, then I highly recommend you check this book out. I originally chose it because I enjoy listening to the author‘s podcast, Things Unseen. I recommend that, too.

#2025nfbookchallenge #recommendsday #readmorebooks

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bibliothecarivs
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Recent acquisition:

📖 Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense by N. T. Wright

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RobinMcElveenAuthor
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I found this book used and enjoy the author‘s podcast. I thought I‘d check it out. It‘s been on my shelf for a while. Since I‘m up far too early, I‘m starting it. I‘m still trying to figure out if the Shakespearean insult mug is a result of careful planning for balance, or, more likely, happenstance. Coaster by my daughter. Warm cinnamon toast milk in my mug. #contentment #2025nfbookchallenge

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RobinMcElveenAuthor
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The nonfiction book I chose to focus on this month for my #2025nfbookchallenge is the 1689 London Baptist Confession. I think it‘ll be interesting to learn about the history of the denomination I was raised in. So far, I‘m finding it excellent. The statements are clear, considering the lingo from that year differs just a bit from today, and the many scriptures used to back each statement are solid.

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MemoirsForMe
Bonaventure | Christopher M. Cullen
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Pocket Bonaventure(not in database)is a thought-provoking look at the philosophy & spirituality of the Italian saint. I attended many classes by author Father Tom, a Franciscan Friar who made the lives of saints such as Bonaventure, Francis of Assisi & Thomas Aquinas very relatable in their struggles to understand God and the meaning of life. Tom loved his chihuahuas and also painted all the mesmerizing illustrations.
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@TheAromaofBooks

TheBookHippie 🙃 2mo
MemoirsForMe @TheBookHippie The struggles are never-ending. After hearing the news about our libraries, I feel like I‘m living in Bradbury‘s Fahrenheit 451. 😱 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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RobinMcElveenAuthor
The Holiness of God | R. C. Sproul
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I‘m not sure why but I can‘t add the snapshot of my review. I really enjoyed reading this, even though it took me over, a year to get back to it. The questions at the end of each chapter made me think about what I‘d read and I got to journal my way through. I know this will help me get a better grasp of theology. I recommend it to Christians looking for a better understanding of this topic. #2025nfbookchallenge #theology #keepreading

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GingerAntics
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This is concise and clear about the ways ideas are misrepresented in the Christian Bible. The book made clear again and again that the historical evidence that the New Testament was written a century or more after the events it depicts and not by the people they are attributed to; though, he never takes that step.
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GingerAntics He probably avoids that because he talks a lot about the Bible NOT being history and the need to stop reading and interpreting it as such. If you want to have a faith open to critical thinking or if you have realised in other ways that all the noise about the Bible and god is anything but holy, this is the book for you. If you believe in a literal translation of the Bible, this is not the book for you because it‘s just going to rile you up. 3mo
GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I LOVED IT!!! 3mo
TheBookHippie It‘s so good. 😊 3mo
GingerAntics @TheBookHippie it really is!!! It‘s actually refreshing! 3mo
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BarbaraJean
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“Christians, especially ministers, so often think they must always contribute something when they‘re in the company of others, that this is the one service they have to render. They forget that listening can be a greater service than speaking. Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. He who can no longer listen to his brother will soon be no longer listening to God either. This is the beginning of the death of the spiritual life.”

TheBookHippie Are you listening to bear witness, are you listening to respond, is your ego listening or your heart…. 3mo
BarbaraJean @TheBookHippie YEP. Am I listening to understand? Or am I listening to shoehorn in my own opinion and push my own perspective? All questions I'm constantly asking myself as I train in spiritual “companioning.“ Real listening is SO needed right now. 3mo
TheBookHippie @BarbaraJean it‘s part of training for mentoring at risk youth. We have to retrain every 2 years. 3mo
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