Three Types of Reading (And Suggested Books for Each)
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“The first category is books to read slowly….The third category is books to read for fun….The second category sits between them: books to read quickly.” - Challies
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“The first category is books to read slowly….The third category is books to read for fun….The second category sits between them: books to read quickly.” - Challies
“I wonder if we’ve made it a little too abstract, a little too inactive, and perhaps a little too solitary. What is meditation? Meditation is pondering the words of the Bible with the goal of better understanding and sharper application.” - Challies
“Regardless of our circumstances, we must rejoice in the Lord: ‘Though the fig tree should not blossom … yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. (Hab. 3:17–18)’” - Ligonier
“After the fall, outside the garden, work is not a pretty picture. Yet that’s the context in which we all work today. Every fallen weakness described above is present in every workplace every day.” - Common Good
“Dr. George H. Guthrie has written … A Short Guide to Reading the Bible Better. In this book, he provides helpful tools and guidance to help God’s people read and enjoy God’s Word.” - Lifeway
“God wants us to live. He wants us to make our own decisions. He provides the boundaries of his will in those matters the Bible makes clear, but then leaves it to us to operate according to wisdom and desire.” - Challies
“As one who greatly benefited from those in this role following the untimely death of my wife of 50 years in December 2021, here are a few suggestions based on what was most helpful to me.” - Lifeway
“This is not sin—to be embodied. It’s God’s plan. But we get so blind…. To seek things above… ‘definitely and deliberately, I will have a non-negotiable time with God.’” - Randy Alcorn
“Emily Colson looks back on her father’s public fall from glory and his redemption in Christ.” - Breakpoint
“Though they seem opposites, detachment and indulgence are two sides of the same bad coin. Both are, in the end, attempts to escape the pain of what Christianity recognizes as a fallen world. These attempts are, however, futile.” - Breakpoint
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