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Eliza is 45% done with East of Eden
Almost halfway through and deeply enchanted by Steinbeck's writing. I didn't think I was able to enjoy a lecture so thoroughly. And there is so much to chew on - themes like original sin, fall of men, disordered loves, child neglect, psychiatric disorders, religiosity, human deceitfulness - my cup of tea always and forever. May my cup overflow with such delightful literature.
Oct 29, 2025 06:25AM Add a comment
East of Eden

Eliza
Eliza is 10% done with Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age
In the secular age, cognitive dissonance is the normal state of things.
Sep 30, 2025 04:38AM Add a comment
Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age

Eliza
Eliza is 50% done with Being Elisabeth Elliot: The Authorized Biography: Elisabeth’s Later Years
Nor even halfway through the book and deeply shaken, troubled and way too emotionally involved. Goodness, what a life.
The biographer is quite an author. Would highly recommend.
Mar 09, 2025 01:47PM Add a comment
Being Elisabeth Elliot: The Authorized Biography: Elisabeth’s Later Years

Eliza
Eliza is on page 66 of 128 of Sfârșitul Creștinătății. Inversiunea normativă și noul timp
"Nu adevărul fondează o civilizație -căci toate se cred adevărate- ci credința într-un adevăr. Numai această credință garantează rezistența în timp a opțiunilor originare."
Oct 28, 2024 02:44AM Add a comment
Sfârșitul Creștinătății. Inversiunea normativă și noul timp

Eliza
Eliza is on page 34 of 128 of Sfârșitul Creștinătății. Inversiunea normativă și noul timp
"Nu, sfârșitul creștinătății nu va da naștere unor societăți ateiste, din moment ce așa ceva nu există. Societățile nu se compun din câțiva intelectuali, ci din popoare cărora bunul simț le șoptește că există taine îndărătul porții și care sunt cel puțin agnostice, dacă nu credincioase."
Oct 04, 2024 05:00AM Add a comment
Sfârșitul Creștinătății. Inversiunea normativă și noul timp

Eliza
Eliza is on page 31 of 128 of Sfârșitul Creștinătății. Inversiunea normativă și noul timp
"Deși e nemuritor, creștinismul a creat o civilizație (creștinătatea), adică o realitate efemeră, supusă timpurilor, dar mai cu seamă fragilă, căci este muritoare."
Oct 04, 2024 04:49AM Add a comment
Sfârșitul Creștinătății. Inversiunea normativă și noul timp

Eliza
Eliza is 75% done with Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases
"that's the problem with vaccines: when they work, absolutely nothing happens"
Sep 02, 2024 09:49PM Add a comment
Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases

Eliza
Eliza is on page 34 of 272 of Eseu despre orbire
"Din aluatul ăsta suntem făcuți, jumătate indiferență, jumătate răutate."
"... fără îndoială telefonista îl întrebase, Ce mai faceți, domnule doctor, așa vorbim când nu vrem sa părem slabi, spunem, Bine, și murim."
Jul 01, 2023 01:16AM Add a comment
Eseu despre orbire

Eliza
Eliza is 60% done with The Complete Stories
Reading Flannery's stories feels like seating in an old theatre by yourself and seeing quite the same stage setup, with almost the same characters, doing almost the same stuff, giving you almost the same sordid thrills in every ending.
How the spotlight constantly shifts from one story to another and and manages to captivate the reader is unique though.
Feb 07, 2023 01:58PM Add a comment
The Complete Stories

Eliza
Eliza is 30% done with Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
"Prayer adjusts our eyes to see God in the darkness"
Oct 13, 2022 01:17AM Add a comment
Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep

Eliza
Eliza is on page 203 of 240 of Lead: 12 Gospel Principles for Leadership in the Church
"The heart of God's restaurative grace is His zeal to rescue us from us."
Aug 05, 2022 05:10AM Add a comment
Lead: 12 Gospel Principles for Leadership in the Church

Eliza
Eliza is on page 158 of 368 of Rugăciune pentru Cernobîl
Toate noțiunile noastre umaniste sunt relative. Într-o situație extremă omul real nu e omul din cărți. Omul nu este un erou. Noi toți suntem comercianți ai apocalipsei.
Mecanismul răului va funcționa și în timpul apocalipsei. Mi-am dat seama de asta. Și vor bârfi la fel oamenii, vor crește în ochii șefilor, o să-și salveze televizorul și haina de astrahan. Și înainte de sfârșitul lumii, omul va rămâne așa cum e acum
Apr 10, 2022 02:03PM Add a comment
Rugăciune pentru Cernobîl

Eliza
Eliza is 27% done with When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage
Marriage is joined upon a field of great spiritual battles. But it rests within a war that is already won.
Sep 23, 2021 12:31PM Add a comment
When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage

Eliza
Eliza is on page 18 of 152 of Fear and Trembling
He who always hopes for the best becomes old, deceived by life, and he who is always prepared for the worst becomes old prematurely; but he who has faith retains eternal youth.
Feb 05, 2021 04:38AM Add a comment
Fear and Trembling

Eliza
Eliza is on page 18 of 152 of Fear and Trembling
He who always hopes for the best becomes old, deceived by life, and he who is always prepared for the worst becomes old prematurely; but he who has faith retains eternal life.
Feb 04, 2021 11:58AM Add a comment
Fear and Trembling

Eliza
Eliza is finished with 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You
Why haven't I read it earlier?... unexpectedly insightful. This book should accompany the instruction manual of every smartphone when bought by a Christian.
Apr 23, 2020 03:03PM Add a comment
12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You

Eliza
Eliza is reading The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis
Not the sort of book I'm into. It just doesn't work for me this way, reading Lewis in fragmented daily texts taken from his work.
I could better use an entire lecture of any of his own books than to get Lewis quotes in homeopathic daily dosages, that only stir the frustration of not being able to put all those ideas into their fluent, contextually relevant background.
Feb 04, 2020 10:00AM Add a comment
The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis

Eliza
Eliza is 12% done with The Complete Works of George Herbert
"O all ye who passe by, behold and see: Man stole the fruit, but I must climbe the tree; The tree of life to all, but onely me: Was ever grief like Mine?"
Nov 07, 2019 10:46AM Add a comment
The Complete Works of George Herbert

Eliza
Eliza is 10% done with The Complete Works of George Herbert
I thought of you when I read this quote from "The Complete Works of George Herbert" by George Herbert -

"If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains: If well; the pain doth fade, the joy remains."
Oct 20, 2019 07:18AM Add a comment
The Complete Works of George Herbert

Eliza
Eliza is 8% done with The Complete Works of George Herbert
Pitch thy behaviour low, thy projects high;
So shalt thou humble and magnanimous be.
Sink not in spirit:
who aimeth at the sky
Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
Oct 20, 2019 06:54AM Add a comment
The Complete Works of George Herbert

Eliza
Eliza is 58% done with Unspoken Sermons: Series I, II, III
True victory over self is the victory of God in the man, not of the man alone. It is not subjugation that is enough, but subjugation by God. In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably—or succeed more miserably.
Sep 12, 2019 03:03PM Add a comment
Unspoken Sermons: Series I, II, III

Eliza
Eliza is on page 227 of 416 of Unspoken Sermons: Series I, II, III
True victory over self is the victory of God in the man, not of the man alone. It is not subjugation that is enough, but subjugation by God. In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably—or succeed more miserably.
Sep 12, 2019 03:01PM Add a comment
Unspoken Sermons: Series I, II, III

Eliza
Eliza is on page 700 of 1463 of Les Misérables
It is the same with wretchedness as with everything else. It ends by becoming bearable.
May 08, 2019 12:46PM Add a comment
Les Misérables

Eliza
Eliza is on page 42 of 168 of Meditații la Psalmi
Se pare că există o regulă generală în universul moral care poate fi formulata astfel: "cu cât mai sus, cu atât mai expus pericolului".
Apr 15, 2019 06:43AM Add a comment
Meditații la Psalmi

Eliza
Eliza is finished with Meditații la Psalmi
Se pare că există o regulă generală în universul moral care poate fi formulata astfel: "cu cât mai sus, cu atât mai expus pericolului".
Apr 15, 2019 06:43AM Add a comment
Meditații la Psalmi

Eliza
Eliza is on page 149 of 176 of The Problem of Pain
There have been times when I think we do not desire heaven; but more often I find myself wondering whether, in our heart of hearts, we have ever desired anything else.
Feb 26, 2019 03:34AM Add a comment
The Problem of Pain

Eliza
Eliza is on page 117 of 176 of The Problem of Pain
Of all evils, pain is only sterilised or disinfected evil.
Feb 24, 2019 08:59AM Add a comment
The Problem of Pain

Eliza
Eliza is on page 116 of 176 of The Problem of Pain
The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the very nature of the world; but joy, pleasure, merriment, He has scattered broadcast. We are never safe, but we have plenty of fun, and some ecstasy... Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home.
Feb 24, 2019 08:58AM Add a comment
The Problem of Pain

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