Have your book habits changed over the past decade or two?

With the popularity of kindle becoming a major player over a dozen years ago (and e-books in general) and with the preponderance of programs and services like Logos and website commentaries, etc., have you book purchases been significantly altered?

Feel free to comment on the resources you do use, buy, or subscribe to.

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Have your book habits changed over the past decade or two?

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Was My Life Better Back Then? Why We Escape to the Past

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“Such good old days are often talked about in passing, and most people agree how much better it would be if only we could return. We don’t realize the damage at stake in allowing our brains and hearts to live in this imagined land of yesteryear.” - Desiring God

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Kevin DeYoung: Seven Principles for Cultivating a Christian Posture toward the World

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“I’d like to zoom out and ask a broader question: What should the Christian’s posture be to a hostile world? Not surprisingly, the question does not allow for a simple answer. The message and model of the New Testament cannot be reduced to a single attitude or strategy. But there are important lessons to learn.” - DeYoung

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Gold in the Laundry: Finding Value in the Mundane

Reposted from Rooted Thinking. (2020)

Bathe the children. Cook three square meals. Weed the garden. Repair the fence. Beat back the vines of the encroaching jungle. Unclog the outhouse. Patch the hole in the roof. Help the neighbors. Such was the life of missionary Mary Slessor. Far from the conveniences of her homeland, this Scottish woman found the mundane chores of daily life in Nigeria consuming her time. Is your life similarly filled with repetitive, mind-numbing tasks? Do you feel there is little value in the mundane?

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Does Your Mind Wander in Prayer?

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“This past weekend I participated at a conference on prayer … One of the questions I was asked during a Q & A time had to do with mind-wandering during prayer. …Here are ten suggestions that might help you when your mind starts to wander in prayer.” - Kindle Afresh

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The Darkest Deception in the Church

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“…we are hypocrites about being hypocrites. We hear the pastor mention the Pharisees during the Sunday sermon, and we smugly draw a bit of a caricature in our minds. The Pharisees are those other Christians we’ve known who ‘just don’t get it.’” - Ref21

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Image of God conference: Model is incarnate Christ

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“ ‘The Image of God: What It Means to Be Human in a Culture of Death’ – was cosponsored by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Land Center for Cultural Engagement and Stand for Life, an initiative of the … (ERLC).” - BPNews

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