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Pilgrims and Priests: Christian Mission in a Post-Christian Society

by Stefan Paas

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The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s

by Paul Elie

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Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold

by Stephen Fry

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“There is nothing more luxurious than eating while you read—unless it be reading while you eat. Amabel did both: they are not the same thing, as you will see if you think the matter over.”
― E. Nesbit, The Magic World

tags: eat, eating, humor, luxury, reading

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“‎"Measure not God's love and favour by your own feeling. The sun shines as clearly in the darkest day as it does in the brightest. The difference is not in the sun, but in some clouds which hinder the manifestation of the light thereof.”
― Richard Sibbes

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“I myself have read the writings and teachings of the heretics, polluting my soul for a while with their abominable notions, though deriving this benefit: I was able to refute them for myself and loathe them even more.”
― Eusebius, The Church History

tags: christianity, heresy

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“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: truth

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“It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: books, old-books, reading

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