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Oh those grad school perks

2 February 2013 Schleitheim Academy, Top Stories  No comments

While I'm a Real Books apologist (Real Books being those items that are made of cloth and paper, sometimes other materials, with words literally printed on the pages), I can't necessarily get every book I need or want to read in a Real Book format.

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My upcoming reading list

19 September 2010 Books  One comment

I saw someone else throw out their future reading list and thought I would put on (virtual) paper the books that plan and hope to read between now and the Summer.

Some of these are contingent on my actually obtaining a copy of the text mentioned,

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Book review: Saint Francis by Robert West

7 August 2010 Book Review  No comments

“Saint Francis,” by Robert West, is another biography in the Christian Encounters series, and one of the latest attempts to animate the life of the beloved medieval mystic and saint. West tried to bring out the world of Assisi for the reader, the

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Ignore “The Jesus You Can’t Ignore”: a book review

13 July 2010 Book Review  One comment

Here's my official, just over 200 word book review for John MacArthur's "The Jesus You Can't Ignore." I was walking through it chapter by chapter, but it was such a chore to get through the book and I just needed to be done with it that I tore through the rest and produced the final summary.

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Schleitheim Academy Update

6 June 2010 Schleitheim Academy  6 comments

I just wanted to give a quick update on how our schooling is going along with a few links to some great resources I have come across recently.

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Rejecting alternatives, and a book to give away

24 March 2010 Featured Highlights, Nonviolence  4 comments

The advocate of war cannot say there is no other recourse before weighing nonviolent alternatives.
That's from chapter 7 of John Howard Yoder's The War of the Lamb: The Ethics of Nonviolence and Peacemaking, edited by Glen Stassen, Mark Thiessen

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Homeschool and History with Trial and Triumph: Polycarp

26 December 2009 Featured Highlights, Schleitheim Academy  One comment

Part one in the Homeschool and History with Trial and Triumph series. This one is on the first chapter and story, Polycarp.

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New additions to our personal library and a question

26 December 2009 Musings  2 comments

Our personal library always seems to grow this time of year. This late December was no exception. Plus, I have a couple questions at the end for you.

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Homeschool and History with Trial and Triumph: Intro

22 December 2009 Schleitheim Academy  9 comments

I will be reviewing the homeschooling text Trial and Triumph: Stories and Church History. There will be short reviews for each of the stories put together by Richard Hannula.

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Reading To Share in the Body

16 December 2009 Martyrdom  4 comments

I've begun a reading of Craig Hovey's "To Share in the Body: a Theology of Martyrdom for Today's Church." Today, I'm merely posting some excellent quotes from the first third of the book. When I finish, I will do a more complete review. Check these few passages out.

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Meme on books that influenced my reading of the Bible

19 June 2009 New Testament, Old Testament  No comments

There is one of those memes going around in which people volunteer a list of books that influenced their readings of the Bible. The rules say that works are not limited to Biblical studies literature, but can include religious works or works of literature.

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Eddie’s History Book Wishlist, Summer 2009

25 May 2009 Wishlist  No comments

The following are some books that have come out recently (in the past few years) that I'd love to get my hands on and be able to utilize.

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Only room for peace

29 April 2009 Literature, Nonviolence  No comments

How can a Christian teach and practice non-peace while at the same time presenting a Christ of peace? How can that ever exist?

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