Maybe you should read a book sometime.

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Ransom Rigg's series about Peculiar Children.

Richard Adam's Watership Down.

Laura Ingle Wilder's Little House series.

Anything by Mark Twain or Louisa May Alcott.

Anything by James Boice.

Les Edgarton's Hooked and Voice.

And I hope to be able to say The Comfort series by Nonna Bear one day.

(Hey, if it was only about Christian non-fiction, stop intimidating me by starting off with Bottner. Tried him, but he's above my brain skills. Thus, Boice. lol And, I really do prefer fiction and how-tos than reading scholarly stuff.)
 
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I read quite a few books outside the bible--probly about a dozen per year. I just finished (rereading) "Moneyball." I am working on "Getting Up and Down: How to Save Strokes from Forty Yards and In" by Tom Watson. (I actually don't read that many sports books. It just so happens I read these two recently.) My two favorite authors are Tracy Kidder and Michael Lewis.
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Sports books? I originally thought that was a how-to on avoiding getting a stroke. lol
 
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John Pipper always takes extra care in his words, you can see that he really cares about people and has a lot of empathy.
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And he speaks in words even I can understand. lol
 
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Darwin's Origin of Species is a classic for sci-fi fans, it would probably make a cool movie too with all the insects evolving into birds and what not. Lol.
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Dunno about that. i'd prefer to see an adaptation of Newton's Principia, i think - i did say hard sci-fi

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I don't know if you read exclusively Christian nonfiction, but H.H. Holmes: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson was very well written. It is about one of the U.S.' first serial killers who did his dirty work during the Chicago's World's Fair. I'd like to read more of his books. The book alternates between Holmes and the making of the fair.
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He was one of the episodes on a time traveling show last year. (I think the show is Time After Time, but I'm horrible remembering names of anything.) And then shortly after that, Grimm had an off-take for Wesen moving through walls to kill people staying in that motel. Must be a good book, since Larson has manage to recapture a story that went into oblivion, and now people know it again.
 
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i read a lot of hard sci-fi, mostly whatever is on the 'new book rack' at my library that looks interesting. a couple of my favorite authors, that i'll go out of the way to find new work from if it's not on the rack, are Charles Stross, Peter F. Hamilton & Peter Watts.

recently i read 'Redemption in Indigo' by Karen Lord, and adored it, then read all the rest of her work i could get my hands on. not sci-fi, mostly, more neo-African folklore, but worth reading.

i don't generally get much from 'devotional' books by Christian authors; i'd rather listen to expository preaching, which i do a lot of. maybe it burns me out on reading theology books? for some reason i find listening to people's opinions on scripture more palatable than reading hundreds of pages of similar material.
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If you have streaming through Amazon, ask Alexa for R.C. Sproul. (Oh, now! Don't I sound all 21st centruy? lol) Sproul's good at expository, and man! The dude knows Luther!
 
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Currently reading, "Thus Spoke Zathustra" by Fredrick Nietzsche, also reading a compilation of Aristotle's works.
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Warning: Hubby spent a number of years reading Nietzsche, and then had to spend a number of years unlearning Nietzsche. Don't read him, unless you're able to counter his arguments as needed. (And, as I understand it, Nietzsche believed in God, much to the shock of those who like to quote his most famous line out of context.)
 
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Warning: Hubby spent a number of years reading Nietzsche, and then had to spend a number of years unlearning Nietzsche. Don't read him, unless you're able to counter his arguments as needed. (And, as I understand it, Nietzsche believed in God, much to the shock of those who like to quote his most famous line out of context.)
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I read him when I was pretty young, maybe 15. Your warning is well warranted - I remember not knowing what to do with him and being fairly addled. Someone suggested to me that reading Kierkegaaard is a good antidote, and I do think that's useful advice.
 
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If you have streaming through Amazon, ask Alexa for R.C. Sproul. (Oh, now! Don't I sound all 21st centruy? lol) Sproul's good at expository, and man! The dude knows Luther!
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the 20th century misses you. :p
 
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other peoples carnal-fantasy-thoughts-dreams, are a past, history for us now...

Christ has led us out of their world and into His and His alone...and yes, it is quite an adjustment
and a lonely world, according to the world...
but in Jesus' Reality, a new world of Life and Love and Hope and Confidence in
a Real Future with our Holy-Saviour/Creator'...

is anyone you know or have read, 'smarter that Yehovah?...
 
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Actually he was atheist from a fairly young age and if you were to read where he says "God is dead, and we killed him" you would understand that he meant it quite literally. However I'm reading solely for studies into ethics.
 
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I read a lot. Always have. There are too many authors I like to even try to list.
I've read just about all of Stephen King's books.

I've read all of Louis L'Amour's, and all of John D McDonald's.

Nearly all of Dean Koontz, all of Lee Child, most of David Baldacci, most of Michael Crichton, some of John Irving, nearly all of Ken Follett...

Currently am doing a marathon of W.E. B. Griffin's books.

There are a lot more authors I've read most of, but that's a sampling...

I've also read all of Lee Strobel's "Case" books, a couple of CS Lewis' books.
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I have read some of Stephen Kings books my favorites being Christine and It. I have also read a number of Harlen Coben novels and those by Dean Koontz. I like Thriller Novels.
 
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tanakh said:
I have read some of Stephen Kings books my favorites being Christine and It. I have also read a number of Harlen Coben novels and those by Dean Koontz. I like Thriller Novels.
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Yes, I've read nearly all of Harlan Coben, and Michael Connelly, as well.

My favorite King book was "The Stand".... epic story about the battle between good and evil..

If you like westerns at all, Elmer Kelton was a good writer. Second only to L'Amour, in my opinion.
 
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If you have streaming through Amazon, ask Alexa for R.C. Sproul. (Oh, now! Don't I sound all 21st centruy? lol) Sproul's good at expository, and man! The dude knows Luther!
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WOW I knew that R?C. Sproul was getting up there in years but I had no idea he was that old .;)
Blessings
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WOW I knew that R.C. Sproul was getting up there in years but I had no idea he was that old .;)
Blessings
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LOL I just saw a bit of a video when he was young, and thought, "Sproul didn't always have gray hair?" lol

Truthfully, I hear he is on oxygen all the time now, so I think the videos were from a while ago.
 
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Am currently reading "Ekklesia Rising: Visitations From Jesus Revealing the Truth and Power of Who and What we really Are." Written by Liz Wright, purchased from Amazon.

For those who want to know about the Bride of Christ.
 
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I hate to read books. I read a lot of articles and reference books but the only book I ever read in its entirety is Rumble Fish, in the 8[SUP]th[/SUP] grade. That is probably why I read the Bible a lot it’s 66 short Books. But I love to be read to. I am blessed my best friend loves to read so I have had just about all C.S. Lewis books read to me. Screwtape Letters by far my favorite. And I listened to a really great book, Hinds Feet on High Places. And my son's father read to me, when were dating, the Seventh Son (not a Christian book) that his how he won my heart...lol
 
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