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Brian’s 2024 Year in Books
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Favorite Books from 2020
I’ve already scanned through a number of best books of 2020 lists from friends and public intellectuals and have filled my shopping carts accordingly. Here’s my list, with a few caveats: (1) These weren’t necessarily published in 2020. They’re just my favorites from what I read last year. (2) I decided not to include books I was re-reading, of which there were quite a few (e.g. from favorite
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| Lots of good tools in this book divided over six sections. Most of the chapters are only two or three pages long, so it’s an easy read. I whittled away at this one over several months. Part 3, “Shifts to lighten the load,” is especially helpful. 3 1/ ...more | |
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| Wonderful translation and abridgment of the Confessions. Not as fresh as Maria Boulding’s superb translation, but very good. Also published as “Love Song: A New Translation of Augustine’s Confessions.” | |
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“This is a helpful working definition of pride. Pride is thinking much about one’s self and much of one’s self. To borrow words from Augustine, pride is “the love of self, even to the contempt of God.”30”
― Hit List: Taking Aim at the Seven Deadly Sins
― Hit List: Taking Aim at the Seven Deadly Sins
“But the kind of humility we need isn’t the result of will power, but the reflex of a heart captured by the vision of God.”
― Hit List: Taking Aim at the Seven Deadly Sins
― Hit List: Taking Aim at the Seven Deadly Sins
“In On Christian Doctrine, one of the great classics of Christian literature, Augustine draws a careful distinction between using things and enjoying things. He pictures us as exiles longing to return from a foreign land to our own country, where our true happiness lies. We are therefore pilgrims: travelers on the journey home. As with all travelers, we need certain things to help us arrive at our destination, including refreshment along the way. But there’s a problem, says Augustine, if we become so delighted with the pleasures of the journey that we’re unwilling to finish it quickly. If we’re not careful, we will lose interest in our home country, the place where true happiness awaits. When this happens, we’ve started to unduly enjoy the things that God intended to be used in helping us in our progress. And so as Augustine says, “If we wish to return to our home country, where alone we can be truly happy, we have to use this world, not enjoy it.”109”
― Hit List: Taking Aim at the Seven Deadly Sins
― Hit List: Taking Aim at the Seven Deadly Sins
“Definite atonement is beautiful because it tells the story of the Warrior-Son who comes to earth to slay his enemy and rescue his Father’s people. He is the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep, a loving Bridegroom who gives himself for his bride, and a victorious King who lavishes the spoils of his conquest on the citizens of his realm.”
― From Heaven He Came and Sought Her: Definite Atonement in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective
― From Heaven He Came and Sought Her: Definite Atonement in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective
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The DTS group is a place for discussing and recommending biblical and theological works from dead Christian authors (preferably long dead christian au ...more
