MCSA - Paarl Valley Circuit
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Recommended by digitaldion... 
Big D puts it down quite nicely on his blog under the title: Is your faith simply delusion. This book definitely looks worth the read, but I think Dawkins might get to be a bit of a pain in the neck - in the same way as any true believer, car salesman, religious fundamentalist, etc. might.
This looks brilliant and I want it. I haven't read it yet - but I thought I would share it."The wisdom of the Hasidim is earthy, realistic, rooted in the simplicity of the heart. It is alive with the awareness of the holiness of Creation and the boundlessness of God's mercy, and is utterly honest about the necessity of living such awareness in loving service to all beings. It is a wisdom that fuses the highest mystical initiations with the most down-home celebration of life and a rugged commitment to social and political justice in all its forms. In other words, it is a wisdom that is never, as my old prep school headmaster would put it, "too divine to be of any earthly use."
The author traces the Big Bang through the rise of civilization, documenting his work with a host of the world's most advanced scientists and mathematicians to explain why things are the way they are.
- Blurb on Kalahari.net
Having read this book I am truely amazed at the wonder of it all - the amazingness of creation and time. Bill Bryson is another one of those widely read people (he's read a lot of books), he gathered the information - coloured it in a bit here and there to make it more exciting, then published it in a book so I could read it and then be able to pretend to be really clever.
From the first teenage indiscretion that saw Tony Hendra brought before the worldly-wise monk, Father Joe, he was saved by him many times. He tells us how the went to America and found great success, but after twenty-five years he saw himself teetering on the edge of a terrifying abyss. An edge that only Father Joe could pull him back from.
I am a big Philip Yancey fan. I appreciate people who can put into simple words some of the big ideas that I think most of us have floating around our heads sithout knowing how to articulate them. One of my favourite things about Yancey is the fact that he is extremely well read (he's read a lot of books) - he incorporates the wisdom of a great variety of writers on whatever subject he is dealing with."The prayer preceding all prayers is 'May it be the real I who speaks.
May it be the real Thou that I speak to."
This is a software package that works with libronix (you don't have to have libronix to use it - it comes with the libronix software included).Now most of these resources are quite fundamentalist / evangelical - but I like these people because at least you know where they are coming from. And its not all as close minded as I thought it would be... the biblical scholarship is up to date, with reference to some of the latest archeological finds (you'll be amazed to see how much has been studied, published etc. since the seventies (ie Interpreter's One Volume Commentary).
Its helping me a lot with my Honours assignments, and I think it will help me plenty with Bible studies and preaching.
Kalahari.net has it at R1500ish. I bought mine on sale from logos.com at about R980 plus customs tax of about R25. I haven't asked the local logos people what they charge for it.
But here's a link to kalahari.net's product.
"Of the current editions of Study Bibles, in my opinion the most helpful for pastors, teachers, and all students of the Scriptures has now been issued by Abingdon Press under the dedicated guidance of Dr. Walter Harrelson."
- Bruce M. Metzger, Professor of New Testament,
Emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminary
If you want to buy it, wait for a 20% off sale on Kalahari.net, I think its cheaper than any funny floppy fundy NIV Study Bible and the scholarship is much better! (Its about R800 without a 20% discount.)
click here to order it from Kalahari.net
"...any serious theologian, in fact I would go so far as to say anyclick here to order it.
thinking Christian, should be reading Stanley Hauerwas. This is a superb introduction to his work (it contains some of his best essays and papers)."
"Cursed with parents from well beyond the lunatic fringe, a senile granny, and a dormitory full of strange characters, Spud has to forge a new life for himself in this foreign and sometimes hostile environment..." - Kalaharil.net
"...relaxing, fun, entertaining reading! I got it from our friend, the good Professor! The book is called Spud. It is one of the funniest books I have read
in a very long time!!!" - DigitalDion
Martin Luther King Jr.; GK Chesterton; Dr Paul Brand; Dr Robert Coles; Leo Tolstoy and Feodor Dostoevsky; Mahatma Gandhi; Dr C Everet Coop; John Donne; Annie Dillard; Frederick Beuchner; Shusaku Endo; Henri Nouwen.
I learnt about people I didn't know about and found even more books to buy... (But it certainly was well worth the read.)
click here to buy this book from kalahari.net - proceeds go to teh small tent revival book fund (Dion will understand)
Prof. Richardson reccommended this to us in class the other day... Sounds interesting. Any commnents?
Another book that I really enjoyed - makes you rethink stuff. I like Borg. Any comments?
Trinity Sunday, John 3:1-17 - Jesus says to Nicodemus - to see the Kingdom of God you must be born again / born from above / reborn...
