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Started this once & made it to p. 84 but never finished. It had been a while & I'm still struggling with lack of productivity, so I just started over again & am up to p. 120 now. Don't know if his system will help or not, but he's certainly diagnosing everything plaguing me pretty accurately. He's an engaging writer, humorous, & often able to turn a memorable phrase.

Newport's preaching to the choir in part 1, and I can "amen" everything he says about the exhausting, frustrating workflow of modern life in the knowledge sector. Just starting part 2 where he starts trying to solve the problems identified.

Yes, I'm just now reading this. Why? I guess because I've been under a rock (with my email inbox) for the last few years....😏 Not bad so far. His section about how badly both senders AND recipients misjudge the intended message of communication lacking verbal intonation, facial expressions, & body language (like email) was particularly enlightening. No wonder social media is so unsocial.

Really interesting walkthrough of a Passover Seder and the meaning of each step, along with insightful commentary about the importance of gratitude, etc.

I found his 14 reasons for the divine inspiration of the Torah in this section particularly insightful.

Very interesting book. I always enjoy Dennis Prager's insightful writing, & I didn't know any details of the Seder, so this has been quite informative. And the starting at the back cover and reading toward the front (i.e., right page then left page) still trips me up almost 1/3 of the way in🙃 But don't worry - the English text on the page is still left to right 😉

Good so far.

So far, it's basically a young newlywed giving readers (who have probably been married longer than he and his wife) marriage advice. He doesn't really seem to understand where the audience that would buy a book like this is coming from.

Just finished the very detailed section on the 10 Commandments. The Westminster Assembly obviously thought long and deep about what they wrote, as they pulled out implications about each commandment that I'd not considered before, despite having heard them all my life and having read the Bible through dozens of times. Really enjoying this book.

Fascinating story about two of the truly big names of the Puritan age that is also very instructive for our time. Cooper does a good job of getting past the dry, bare facts to show why two people, who were both Christians supposed to live in brotherly love & unity & who generally should've checked all the same boxes, disliked each other intensely. He really brings out the personality conflict involved.

Just finished the Heidelberg Catechism and started the Westminster Larger Catechism. Good stuff!

Going through the Heidelberg Catechism now. Beautiful document, although there have been a few questions where the answer was a little lacking in scriptural support. Question 44 on why the Apostle's Creed added "He descended into hell" was exemplary of the answer not really answering the question & the referenced scriptures supporting the unrelated answer about suffering instead of the question about hell.

Just finished the 2nd London Baptist Confession of 1689 & starting on the catechisms now with the Heidelberg Catechism up first. I'm really enjoying reading these. More Protestants, particularly non-denominational congregants, should read these classic doctrinal statements and Q&A's (catechisms). I think there'd be a lot less people calling themselves Christian when they don't accept basic Christian doctrine.

Mr. Brooks pus into words what I didn't know how to express. He definitely writes from painful experience and "gets it." Very good so far.