A La Carte (8/13)

  • Tim Challies
  • 08/13/09
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The Lost Art of Reading
Here’s an interesting essay on reading. “Reading is an act of contemplation, perhaps the only act in which we allow ourselves to merge with the consciousness of another human being. We possess the books we read, animating the waiting stillness of their language, but they possess us also, filling us with thoughts and observations, asking us to make them part of ourselves”
Eternity in Our Hearts?
Ed Welch looks at some well-known words from Ecclessiastes and wonders if we’ve been missing what they really mean.
Tribute to a Friend
Mike Delorenzo, missionary with Africa Inland Mission, remembers a friend. Frank Toews, an AIM pilot, was killed in a plane crash just a week ago, leaving behind a wife and four children. Be sure to also check out the WORLD article Mike links to.
Deal of the Day: Systematic Theology
Today RHB is offering a discount on Robert Reymond’s A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith. It “expresses a fully biblical Reformed faith, showing its enduring appeal, coherence, and truthfulness. Faithful to historic Calvinist convictions, this new benchmark of Reformed theology covers all the main teachings of the Bible and engages contemporary theological issues with the resources of biblical revelation and sound historical reflection so that the light of the Reformation continues to illumine the life of Christ’s church today.”

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a comment from Scott D. Andersen • 08/13 @ 11:00am
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Regarding the Lost Art of Reading… I think my Dad wonders why I read so much, and then my son challenges me to read more and to read well and to read the best. Piper, at the Pastor as a Scholar Conference, spoke a lot about Mortimer Adler’s, How to Read a Book. My son picked Adler up and gained a lot, There is a video of Adler discussing, How to Read a Book. The video describes the need to read things that are over our heads a little so that we are not just accumulating more knowledge, but truly gaining. Also a book review including a description of what Adler meant by the four levels of reading including analytical and syntopical. For the video and review see:

http://focusedonchrist.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-read-book_2406.html

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a comment from Jeri • 08/13 @ 1:12pm

Heart-wrenching, excellent writing from Mike Delorenzo. I hope people will become fans of his blog and consider supporting Mike and his family as they serve hte Lord in Africa.

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a comment from Curtis • 08/13 @ 7:18pm

The Lost Art of ReadingYou know, up until about 4 years ago, I might have read maybe 20 books, but when God saved me almost 5 years ago I have since read easily a couple hundred books and am currently on a reading plan through the bible that when I’m done will have rea the old testament twice and the new 9 times this year. God is good and He has definately changed the desires of my heart.

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a comment from Curtis • 08/13 @ 7:21pm

Deal of the Day: Systematic TheologyI’m currently reading through Grudem’s Systematic Theology and I love it, but I think I may pick this one up also. Thanks Tim.

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a comment from Curtis • 08/13 @ 7:25pm

I found Robert Reymond’s Systematic Theology for a dollar less at Monergism, for those who are on a tighter budget.

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a comment from Derek Iannelli-Smith • 08/14 @ 6:22am
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This was a very interesting article. I wanted to forward it to a bunch of people but they would not READ it…. pun intended…

Thanks for sharing!

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