Chad Gibbons
http://oldbooksblog.wordpress.com/
to-read
(27)
currently-reading (3)
read (1162)
christianity (388)
classics (313)
theology (239)
young-adult (108)
history (99)
fantasy (95)
sci-fi (88)
currently-reading (3)
read (1162)
christianity (388)
classics (313)
theology (239)
young-adult (108)
history (99)
fantasy (95)
sci-fi (88)
the-great-courses
(88)
horror (79)
short-stories (69)
philosophy (66)
new-testament (58)
plays (53)
myths-and-fables (45)
poetry (41)
apologetics (37)
biblical-reference (34)
horror (79)
short-stories (69)
philosophy (66)
new-testament (58)
plays (53)
myths-and-fables (45)
poetry (41)
apologetics (37)
biblical-reference (34)
“My own plans are made. While I can, I sail east in the Dawn Treader. When she fails me, I paddle east in my coracle. When she sinks, I shall swim east with my four paws. And when I can swim no longer, if I have not reached Aslan’s country, or shot over the edge of the world into some vast cataract, I shall sink with my nose to the sunrise.”
― The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
― The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
“So that is what my dream meant! Pashenka is what I ought to
have been but failed to be. I lived for men on the pretext of
living for God, while she lived for God imagining that she lives
for men. Yes, one good deed--a cup of water given without
thought of reward--is worth more than any benefit I imagined I
was bestowing on people. But after all was there not some share
of sincere desire to serve God?' he asked himself, and the answer
was: 'Yes, there was, but it was all soiled and overgrown by
desire for human praise. Yes, there is no God for the man who
lives, as I did, for human praise. I will now seek Him!”
― Father Sergius
have been but failed to be. I lived for men on the pretext of
living for God, while she lived for God imagining that she lives
for men. Yes, one good deed--a cup of water given without
thought of reward--is worth more than any benefit I imagined I
was bestowing on people. But after all was there not some share
of sincere desire to serve God?' he asked himself, and the answer
was: 'Yes, there was, but it was all soiled and overgrown by
desire for human praise. Yes, there is no God for the man who
lives, as I did, for human praise. I will now seek Him!”
― Father Sergius
“Though it always comes as a surprise to intellectuals, there are some forms of stupidity that one must be highly intelligent and educated to commit.”
― The Revenge of Conscience: Politics and the Fall of Man
― The Revenge of Conscience: Politics and the Fall of Man
“We would rather be ruined than changed
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.”
― The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.”
― The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue
“The pulpit is ever this earth’s foremost part; all the rest comes in its rear; the pulpit leads the world. From thence it is the storm of God’s quick wrath is first descried, and the bow must bear
the earliest brunt. From thence it is the God of breezes fair or foul is first invoked
for favorable winds. Yes, the world’s a ship on its passage out, and not a voyage complete; and the pulpit is its prow.”
― Moby Dick
the earliest brunt. From thence it is the God of breezes fair or foul is first invoked
for favorable winds. Yes, the world’s a ship on its passage out, and not a voyage complete; and the pulpit is its prow.”
― Moby Dick
Chad’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Chad’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Christian, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Religion, Science, and Science fiction
Polls voted on by Chad
Lists liked by Chad























