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Where the second book felt like a sprint the whole way through (pro: I was never bored; con: I was tired and over it by the end) this book has kept me hooked because of all the amazing character scenes. My fav of the trilogy so far.

Picked this up to confront my obsession with Youtube and other video-mediated entertainment. The first few pages had me pausing the audiobook to double check this wasn't written this year.

Also, I never knew I was so interested in the history of typography and the written word.

"When [Tom] died, there were no crowds outside the hospital, no editorial comments in the papers, no announcements on television, no mention in Parliament, no attention paid by the nation...But on the other side all the trumpets sounded. Dad won entrance to the only throne room that matters, not because he was a good man or a great man—he was, after all, a most ordinary pastor—but because he was a forgiven man."

"What Christians must do, what Christian leaders must do, is constantly remember that we serve our God and Maker and Redeemer under the gospel of grace. Dad’s diaries show he understood this truth in theory, and sometimes he exulted in it (as when he was reading Machen’s What Is Faith?), but quite frankly, his sense of failure sometimes blinded him to the glory of gospel freedom."

"[Don's brother] Jim recalls barging into Dad’s study unannounced,
finding him on his knees praying, and quietly backing out. 'But
that image has always remained with me, especially during my later,
rebellious teen years. While walking away from God, I could not get
away from the image of my father on his knees, praying for me. It
is one of the things that eventually brought me back.'"

Interests -> Values -> Worldviews

The church isn’t seen as trustworthy, so evangelism must be more than just invitations to church now.

Community, experiences, evidence.

Include others in your life by joining theirs, inviting them to yours, and asking for help.