Category: Books
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Books Read in 2015
Here are the books I’ve read this year: January Calvin’s Institutes (edited by Lane & Osborne) N. Stithatos’ On Spiritual Knowledge Shakespeare’s Macbeth (nth reading) Kevin Young’s Taking God at His Word Thielicke’s A Little Exercise for Young Theologians (nth reading)
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The Character of the Two Cities
In the last chapter of Book XIV of his City of God Augustine describes the difference in character between the earthly city and the Heavenly City:
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The Gift of Books
So thankful for the gifts I received this Christmas! 1. Peter Brown’s Augustine of Hippo 2. Diarmaid McCulloch’s Reformation 3. N.T. Wright’s The New Testament for Everyone (18 volumes) What came to mind as I write this is the verse which says, “To him who has more shall be given!” It seems I’ll have to…
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Calvin Study Group in Bacolod
Last night I attended a study group started by some friends who are members of a local Christian Reformed Church (Ebenezer Christian Reformed Church). Atty. Jerry Basiao was the study group leader. They were studying John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion. I thought to myself, “Isn’t this something? Who would have thought that in…
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The Intellectual Life
I’m presently reading A.D. Sertillanges’ The Intellectual Life. I first came to know about this book while reading James Sire’s Habits of the Mind. Yesterday I found a secondhand copy of this book at a local secondhand bookstore. I was so happy with my discovery I felt like kissing the book! I’ve just finished the…
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Willing to Believe
I’ve just finished R.C. Sproul’s Willing to Believe: The Controversy over Free Will, a clear and balanced presentation of the different views that Christians hold on Free Will. Sproul, of course, prefers the Reformed view, and at a number of places he tries to answer the objections posed by other views. But his critique of…
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Culture: Its Theological Justification
Colin Gunton in The One, the Three and the Many offers this theological justification for culture: The distinctive feature of created persons is their mediating function in the achievement of perfection by the rest of creation. They are called to the forms of action, in science, ethics and art – in a word, to culture…
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Built to Last
I’m almost halfway into Collins and Porras’ business book: Built to Last. I like their idea about the “Genius of the AND,” as opposed to the “Tyranny of the Or.” So, for example, in the matter of profits – profit is not everything, but “a reasonable profit is right, but not too much.” So a…
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New Book on Filipino Thinkers
Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento has come out with a book entitled “Grow in Grace and Govern in Wisdom”, which is a compilation of readings and articles of “great Filipino thinkers” together with classical philosophers, such as Plato. I understand it’s priced at around P500.00. Click HERE to read about it.
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