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Stephen Gallup

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in Louisville, KY, The United States

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Stephen Gallup has worked for many years as a technical writer. His greatest strength is in sorting through complex and often confusing subjects to expose the basic issues involved, and to show why those issues are important. In addition to his award-winning memoir, What About the Boy?, Steve has written a screenplay, short stories, numerous well-received essays, and even a poem or two.

When not writing, Steve has attempted, with remarkably limited success, to learn how to play the violin and speak Chinese. He enjoys listening to music, seeing new places, and bragging about his amazing kids. ...more

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Let There Be No More “Afflictalogues”

Afflictalogue is a brand-new word. You saw it here first. But the thing it refers to is probably familiar.

During the summer of 2013, I participated in a small study group through the church I attended in those days. The group was methodically working through a book titled Who Do You Think You Are? Finding Your True Identity in Christ, by Mark Driscoll.

I’m striving to keep this post short, because

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Stephen Gallup said: " I'm likely to be a long time reading this tome.

As far as I know, no other readrs have commented on the dreamlike, or even Kafkaesque, quality that some passages have, such as:

May I walk with you? Again, this is really a stupid thing to say.
You're r ...more "

Apr 18, 2009 10:31PM · see review

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Stephen Gallup wants to read The Manbook: A Point-by-Point Guide to Sucking It Up and Getting the Job Done – A Green Beret's Guide to Discipline for Men by Nick Freitas	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Stephen Gallup rated a book it was ok The Sermon on the Mount: A General Introduction to Scientific Christianity in the Form of a Spiritual Key to Matthew V, VI and VII by Emmet Fox	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The first item to keep in mind when reading a book like this is, I think, that some parts of it may ring true and other parts may not. Continuing with it depends on whether there's enough value regardless. I encountered Emmet Fox about 35 years ago wh ...more
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Stephen Gallup and 18 other people liked Reid's review of The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life: "Though not a Christian, I have heard a great deal that is good about this book, and thought I should finally get around to reading it. It is an interesting read, although Fox has a particular theological axe to grind, and grind he does. The basic prem" Read more of this review »
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Stephen Gallup rated a book it was ok The Sermon on the Mount: A General Introduction to Scientific Christianity in the Form of a Spiritual Key to Matthew V, VI and VII by Emmet Fox	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The first item to keep in mind when reading a book like this is, I think, that some parts of it may ring true and other parts may not. Continuing with it depends on whether there's enough value regardless. I encountered Emmet Fox about 35 years ago wh ...more
Oct 30, 2026 05:58PM · like · see review
Stephen Gallup rated a book it was ok Tom Swift and His Deep-Sea Hydrodome (Tom Swift Jr, #11) by Victor Appleton II	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Another reader calls this "standard boy adventure fare," which is accurate, especially for standard boys of a less critical time period. I think kids reading this today would skim past the basic science explanations (e.g., in which atomic structure is ...more
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Stephen Gallup liked Gary Parker's review of Tom Swift and His Deep-Sea Hydrodome (Tom Swift Jr, #11): "Tom Swift Jr. books are poorly written, filled with incorrect science, and largely insipid. That said, they are also a window into a lost era, and a reminder of what it felt like to be a young boy, full of wonder and aspirations. So, despite their po" Read more of this review »
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Stephen Gallup rated a book How to Hear God: A Simple Guide for Normal People by Pete Greig (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
How does one hear God? This book begins with the claim that we almost certainly are hearing Him already, without realizing it. For most of us, however, "God does not for the most part speak audibly, the way we speak." Usually, we need to be prepared ...more
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Stephen Gallup rated a book The Hardy Boys: the Clue in the Embers by Franklin W. Dixon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I picked up this old book for 50 cents from a library sale because the title was familiar. At about age 13, I had a shelf full of Hardy Boys mysteries (maybe the entire collection), and I'm sure this was one of them. Guess I was feeling a little nost ...more
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I have no information on the identity of L. Williams. The publisher's web page for this title conflates the author with the main character of the story, known only as Laramy. The story as it unfolds seems to have little to do with the breakthrough dis ...more
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“I sensed then, and later formulated the conviction that wellness and potential are every child's birthright. And I'm quite sure that society is served when children have it.”
― Stephen Gallup, What About the Boy?

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

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tags: inspirational

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“The writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself, to satisfy himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings gratification, is a curious anticlimax.”
― Alfred Kazin

tags: writing

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“He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.”
― Arthur Miller

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“I knew that we'd never get there. I knew this, in the same way I knew Tati would never be a teacher, and that Benny would be the end of me. Life's about confirming what we already know. About making sure. ”
― Nami Mun, Miles from Nowhere

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