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Dude is just cooking left behind and I’m all for it

Dense. But really good. Seeing the the creation narrative through the lens of the tabernacle was something I haven’t done before. Super good stuff

Gandalf roasting the hobbits whenever he can will never not be funny

Listening to the Andy Serkis audiobook. Dudes crazy with voices

Figured I’d get around to this one finally since a couple others are reading it too 😏

Really good so far. First chapter was just exploring anthropology and the difference between Christianity and atheism. I’m curious if he goes into other worldviews like Islam as that’s another rising religion with a unique worldview, or if he keeps it between these two.

But so far, really good

Right when I was starting to lose interest it picked right back up again. It has a very hunger games narrative right now, but hoping it’ll find its own identity as it gets more into it

It’s a little too FAQ for me… and holy references Batman… I get this is a book for teens, but why feel the need to connect every point to something in pop culture. It feels like grandma found Tik tok and is catching up on every relevant movie from the last 20 years.

Frick this book is good! It keeps subverting my expectations (and taking away characters I thought were gonna be important 💀)

This better become live action one day

Do I have time to read this with all the other books I need to read? No. Is it too good to stop reading? Absolutely

Super good so far. Loved the argument that hope needs imagination, faith and passion. And that biblical hope is always centred on love. Also liked that self-hopes weren’t seen as negative, but rather as subordinate to biblical hope.

Shocking as it may sound…

I think I’m burned out from Kara Powell books. Future focused church must’ve done me in

Barely into the story and I’m already fuming at the antagonists.

Currently trying to read one fiction for every two non fiction.
So far this setting is so cool. Very gritty and sci-fi blend. Excited to see where the story goes

First fiction in a long time. And an absolute banger at that. So dark yet has flickers of hope throughout.

Knowing these kinds of stories, you can tell it’s going to be a bittersweet ending. But we’ll see

Honestly I’m starting to enjoy this more. Getting into the students world now instead of looking from the outside was what I was disliking about this book so far. But almost 10 chapters in and I’ve been won over.

There’s really good information in here. But just like the last chap book, I feel like I’m tied down to a chair with my eyes forced to watch a calculus class.

I think it’s the way he ties in personal stories and anecdotes to his overall study. It feels like he’s pulling me out of the meat of the book; I don’t find his stories super engaging.

Pretty decent so far. Nothing earth shattering, just providing the basics for a gospel centred student ministry

Eugene drilled into the heart of worship, from the necessity of it to the communal need for it.

He has such a prophetic voice here. Speaking into a hyper-individualized culture and letting you know the need to worship together; outside of your own bubble of assumptions.

“Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.”

Freaking Banger line

So good so far. A nice break from more intellectual reading to something that leans into the love of god and others

This book is hype. Just finished the chapters on the epistles and OT narrative. It’s so good to help think outside of American individualism, cherry-picking verses, and how to balance cultural context with eternal and moral principles.

Really challenging me on how I used to, and still do read the bible. Makes me want to go back and re-write all my old notes in my first journaling bible!