Daniel Nelms

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Daniel is Currently Reading

Daniel Nelms is currently reading

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

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Reading for the 4th time

read in March 2020

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Daniel Nelms said: " March 20, 2020: First time through Macbeth. Brutal play. I began to feel some sympathy for Macbeth at times, since it does appear that he was often torn in his actions, but nevertheless accomplished the evil. Enjoyed it.

June 10, 2020: Second time thr ...more "

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Jul 12, 2021 03:54AM · see review

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The Life of the Mind: On the Joys and Travails of Thinking

by James V. Schall

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The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing: A Theological Commentary

by Jonathan T. Pennington

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Daniel Nelms said: " This must be one of the favorite commentaries I've ever used. I want to read more of Pennington. This commentary is semi-technical, full of philosophical, ethical and theological insight into the Sermon. I used Allison here or there to help with some ...more "

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Daniel’s Quotes

“Forgiveness is the only way to reverse the irreversible flow of history.”
― Hannah Arendt

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“I don't believe in God, but I miss him.
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― Julian Barnes

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“It is not great talents God blesses so much as likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students

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“Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us, that while we are traveling through life it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end.”
― François de La Rochefoucauld

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“God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would not run properly on anything else. Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other. That is why it is just no good asking God to make us happy in our own way without bothering about religion. God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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