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To: MplsSteve; Alex Murphy; HarleyD; Dr. Eckleburg; Forest Keeper; ItsOurTimeNow
Interesting thread with some good ideas for future reads!

Compartmentalized by theme, I am reading:

Faith:

The Bible, English Standard Version: God. Haven't read the entire Bible since the first Gulf War. I am taking my family through it over the next year. We do the Law on Sunday, The Gospels on Monday, The Epistles on Tuesday, Wisdom Books on Wednesday..... 3-4 chapters a night

The Institutes of The Christian Religion: John Calvin. Not in an organized manner, just picking it up, opening it, and reading a few random pages a day.

Leisure

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference: Malcolm Gladwell. An interesting little book. Not sure how much I agree with, but still a good read.

Italy 2006: by Rick Steves. Planning for a trip late next month and Steves is my favorite travel writer. A bit geeky, a bit sarcastic, a lot of fun.

Professional

Armies of Pestilence; The Impact Of Disease On History: R.S. Bray. A high-spirited romp through cholera, typhus, the plague.....

Preparedness & Community Response to Pandemics: School of Public Health, The University of Albany. Some light reading on Bird Flu. Need to read such things to keep my license current.

Waiting in the wings:

Foundations of the Christian Faith: James Montgomery Boice
The Origin of Paul's Religion: J. Gresham Machen

79 posted on 01/11/2006 11:54:31 PM PST by Gamecock (..ours is a trivial age, and the church has been deeply affected by this pervasive triviality. JMB)
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To: Gamecock

My job requires me to read virtually all day long; various reports, statistical trends, policy papers, etc. The last thing I want to do is read when I get home. However I have a reading program in going through the Old and New Testament once a year that I have been on for about seven years. I also have just started as of last month trying to go through Proverbs each month.

Most of my time is spent in researching various topical articles that are of personal interest to me. I just completed The City of God by Augustine among others but rarely do I have time to sit down and read a book from cover to cover. High on my list is Luther's Bondage of the Will but have yet to order it. (I feel like I've read so much of it in researching various topics I might as well read the remaining five pages.)


105 posted on 01/12/2006 6:11:44 AM PST by HarleyD ("No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him..." John 6:44)
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To: Gamecock
Compartmentalized by theme, I am reading: ...

Thanks for the ping, Gamecock! These look pretty good.

202 posted on 01/16/2006 11:39:55 AM PST by Forest Keeper
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