Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Brilliant thoughts from a witness who stood up: Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a martyr,saint theologian, writer and witness. His writings, from which these exerpts have been gleaned, can be dense filled with obtuse terminology,and somewaht dry. These exerpts [... more]
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Man Called Peter: The Story of Peter Marshall
When faith was respected: This book is from an era when faith was more respected, when lawmakers were less embarrassed than some are now about committing their proceedings in prayer. As Chaplain to the United States Senate during pivotal years of US [... more]
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A Wesleyan-Holiness Theology
superbly written, a wonderful book: As a layperson interested in learning more about Wesleyan-Holiness Theology, this book far exceeded my expectations. It is written in plain english, well-organized and filled with deep insights. For me, this was one of [... more]
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North and South
Gaskell's Victorian novel with modern ideas: I agree with a lot that is written in the previous reviews here. Yes, there is a very slow start to this novel. I wonder whether that's because it was first serialized by Dickens, and Mrs. Gaskell was paid by [... more]
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Chosen by God
Great Introduction to a difficult issue: Agree or disagree with the thesis of the book, but you will get a clear, straight forward presentation of the doctrine of election. Dr. Sproul is a churchman. By this I mean Sproul has a healthy respect for all [... more]
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Charles Darwin: The Power of Place
The Origins of 'My' Theory: As a Darwin critic, I had passed this book by nose in the air, a full scale boycott, but a new biography of Darwin proved too hard to resist and I broke down and read the book, fortunately, since it turned out to be hard to [... more]
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Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive ...
The standard work - but difficult to see why: Russell appears to still be considered an authority in the US on the Devil, and these books are recognised as standard works, but really the whole series is marred by firstly biting off more than one academic [... more]
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Penguin Classics North And South
Gaskell's Victorian novel with modern ideas: I agree with a lot that is written in the previous reviews here. Yes, there is a very slow start to this novel. I wonder whether that's because it was first serialized by Dickens, and Mrs. Gaskell was paid by [... more]
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God's End-Time Man: The Stunning Significance of Herbert ...
Mr. Armstrong was amazing!: A man who chose the least travelled path, who believed and taught only what the Bible teaches, no more and no less. A human being who made mistakes, but attempted to right his wrongs through intense Bible study and prayer (how [... more]
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Warrant For Genocide
Required reading.: "Warrant For Genocide" declares that, whilst only about one third of all civilians killed by the Nazis were Jews, it was the Jewish people that were uniquely marked out for extermination. It further declares that the Jewish [... more]
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The Knight and the Squire
great fiction: i read this book and at first i thought it was going to be another boring historical fiction, but i was really suprised. it was really funny. its about a boy named tom, and another "boy" named Alan. they met each other and both [... more]
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In Our Time
Tom Wolfe cartoons and essays: If you've never seen a cartoon by Tom Wolfe, it's a surprise and a real pleasure to see that he draws as brilliantly as he writes. In Our Time has 89 of his cartoons (and a couple essays). You'll want to save it and look at [... more]
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