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“North American Christians find it dificult to accept that expressions of protest or puzzlement in the face of tragic experiences are legitimate acts of worship. But people in the two-thirds world, who are culturally much closer to ancient Israelites than Western urbanites, understand these prayers”. (Page 209)

Approximately 20% through the Bible for the year. Halfway through Deuteronomy. Using the Bible app. Listening to the Bible.

“Although the line between consuming ourselves with work and working to our full capacity as stewards of God is fine, we need to work like an ox and relax like a lily. That is the challenge of work as worship.”

-Interesting quote from the chapter, “Family life and work as worship.”

At Numbers 19

Reading for a worship class. The professor lets us skip around a bit. My favorite chapter so far has been the one about the feasts in Israel.

Slowly reading as I have time. I always liked their podcast.

So many good quotes so far..

Loving it so far!

Reading for a class

Reading for a class. The preface was interesting!

A fun audiobook.

Set aside for now. Intriguing book but I’m more in the mood for cozy mysteries or other genres right now.

Excellent and practical! And funny.

This book somehow manages to be very sad and very hopeful at the same time. Reminds me of my many emotions this past year.

Really enjoying this audiobook. Good narrator and interesting story.

So far it’s really good. I have only had time to listen to the first chapter. It was motivating and encouraging to hear about the mother of John Newton, Elizabeth. She died when he was only 7. And she had many health problems that probably made it hard to parent with energy. But he praised her later in life as being a godly influence and teaching him about the Bible.

I have been busy and haven’t made time to read this week until last night.. I stayed up late and devoured 150 or so pages of this story. It was highly intriguing. Looking forward to reading more tonight!

This quote from near the beginning of the book is so striking to me:

“We should love the law because we love Jesus, and because Jesus loves the law. Contrary to common belief, the Pharisees were not lovers of the law; they were lovers of self."

This is a good audiobook. Each chapter is written by a different author. So far, my thoughts on it are that it is thoughtful, biblically sound, and well written.