Category: Books
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I just discovered that Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban has an on-line book entitled Leadership by Example (sub-titled The Davide Standard). I reckon from the chapter headings (especially ch. 6, “The Death Penalty Law: The Debate Continues” and ch. 7, “Warrantless Arrests and Seizures Revisited”) that it’s bound to be an interesting read.
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Tagged, Re: Books
1. One book that changed your life: D.M. Lloyd Jones’ Spiritual Depression 2. One book that you’ve read more than once: Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings 3. One book you’d want on a desert island: Aside from the Bible, vol. 6 of John Owen’s Works 4. One book that made you laugh: Mark Twain’s Tom […]
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Brief and Fundamental Principles
A favorite book of mine is Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations. In Book 4, Sec. 3 of the book he says, “Let your principles be brief and fundamental.” In Book 3, he says, “[S]o do thou have principles ready for the understanding of things divine and human, and for doing everything, even the smallest…” I find his […]
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Sorry!
So sorry for having abandoned this blog for almost a couple of months. I simply lost interest in it. I also got sucked into a whirlpool of work, including teaching a summer course in constitutional law and working for a new client (a foreign firm) that really excited me because it presented new challenges and […]
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Piper on First Things First
“O Father, grant your church to love your glory more than gold – to cease her love affair with comfort and security. Grant that we seek the kingdom first and let other things come as you will. Grant that we move toward need and not toward ease. Grant that the firm finality of our security […]
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C.S. Lewis Audio
I'm a big fan of C.S. Lewis. The first book I ever read of his was The Screwtape Letters. I was then too young to really understand what it was all about. Later I began collecting all the C.S. Lewis books I could find, including biographies. Recently, I read his sermon "Learning in Wartime" in […]
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Shopping Spree!
What do you when you go into Philippine Christian Book Store and find that new books have arrived? You reach out your hand, pull out the books, go to the cashier, reach into your wallet, close your eyes and pray that your wife won't get mad when you get home! But here are the new […]
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Acquisitions
A couple of days ago I was out of town. Where did I go then during my free time? Of course, into a second-hand bookshop – Book Shop at SM! And – lo and behold! – 2 great finds: Catholicism by Richard P. McBrien The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas (The Hafner Library of […]
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Early Church Fathers
I never thought I would find the man who would be able to read the 38-volume set of The Early Church Fathers from cover to cover. Yes, you read it right – 38 volumes, 2 columns per page, small print! Those of you who have seen the set know what I’m talking about. I have […]
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I’m Rich!
I was at Robinson’s last night during its midnight sale and when I went inside BookSale my heart leaped when I found out that new (second hand) books had arrived. So I went into action getting this, then that, and finally settled on the books listed below. I’m rich – in books! “Wisdom is supreme; […]
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