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Category Archives: Books
Pascal’s Pensées Audiobook Podcast Feed
While searching for something to listen to on my commute, I found this free audiobook podcast feed of Blaise Pascal’s Pensées. It is available for free download via Librivox.org. Total running time is over 11 hours. The Librivox page has … Continue reading
The Resurrection of Jesus, A New Historiographical Approach by Michael Licona
I am going to start another large book, “The Resurrection of Jesus, A New Historiographical Approach” by Michael Licona. Licona says that this book seeks to produce a historical description of whether Jesus rose from the dead. Even though I … Continue reading
O me of little faith
Things have been very busy for me recently. Work has slowed down a bit ~70 hr/wk, but other family matters have arisen which I may discuss in a future post. Last week was even tougher because I was away from … Continue reading
Crucifixion and Death of a Man Called Jesus
I’ve been researching the crucifixion and the resurrection accounts of Jesus. So like a scientist, I started looking up journal articles and reading, and taking notes, and investigating more. I e-mailed one of the authors of one of the journal … Continue reading
Evolving in Monkey Town
Evolving in Monkey Town by Rachel Held Evans is a wonderful a story of survival from certainty, through doubt, to faith. Rachel’s story is about how her beliefs have evolved over time. Rachel started in an unquestioning fundamentalist environment where … Continue reading
Can We Trust the Gospels?
I recently just got done with Mark Roberts’ book “Can We Trust the Gospels?” For me this was an excellent book at an opportune time. The previous book I read was a long graduate level text book that was sometimes … Continue reading
The Resurrection of the Son of God, by N. T. Wright
I’m finally done reading the Great Book. No, not the Bible. I’m talking about N. T. Wright’s book “The Resurrection of the Son of God”. Several people suggested that this was the book to read regarding the resurrection. So I … Continue reading
In Doubting Castle
In reading Dangerous Journey, The Story of Pilgrim’s Progress, to my kids, I was taken aback by the how close to home one of the chapters hit. The chapter is about two pilgrims, Christian and Hopeful, who find themselves unjustly … Continue reading
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The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus
I just got finished reading another book by Gary Habermas. This book, “The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus” is co-authored by Gary Habermas and Michael Licona. The book is aimed at preparing believers in their interactions with skeptics. The … Continue reading
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Researching Troubles (Books)
I am not an avid reader. It’s actually embarrassing the number of books I have read. It’s not that I don’t read, it’s just that I’m a slow reader. I blame it on having to read numerous journal articles and … Continue reading
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