The book is How To Be Free by Epictetus. I read the 2018 hardcover edition by Princeton University Press. This is from the Ancient Wisdom For Modern Readers series of books. This book is a reprinting of selections from Epictetus’ Discourses and The Encheiridion. I read this book in May of 2022.  I read this... Continue Reading →

The book is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin. It was originally published in 1859. I read the paperback Penguin Classics 2009 edition. I read it in April of 2022.  I read this because I want to... Continue Reading →

The book is It’s Good To Be a Man by Michael Foster and Dominic Bnonn Tennant It was first published in 2021 by Canon Press. I read the 2022 paperback edition. I read it in April of 2022.  I read this book because my pastor asked me if I’d read it and I hadn’t. I... Continue Reading →

The book is The Gospel According to Satan: Eight Lies That Sound Like the Truth by Jared C. Wilson. It was published in 2020 by Thomas Nelson. I read the 2020 paperback edition. I read this in March of 2022.  I first heard about this book on the White Horse Inn podcast. Jared Wilson was... Continue Reading →

The book is Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne. It was originally published in 2010 by Scribner. I read the 2010 first edition. I read it in February of 2022.  I first heard of this book from the Joe Rogan podcast. He mentions it often and has had Gwynne on as a guest.... Continue Reading →

The book is The Heresy of Orthodoxy by Andreas J. Kostenberger and Michael J. Kruger. It was originally published in 2010. I read the First Print paperback edition. I read it in January of 2022.  This is the third book by Kruger I’ve read. I first learned of Kruger from a YoutTube video where he... Continue Reading →

The book is Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. It was originally published in 1968 by Doubleday and Company Inc. I read the 2017 Del Rey paperback edition.  It’s the basis for the 1982 film Blade Runner. I like that movie so I wanted to read the book. Also, I don’t... Continue Reading →

The book is God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens. It was originally published in 2007 by Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing. I read the 2009 paperback edition.  I read this book because I want to better understand the perspective of atheists. It’s important that Christians read material of... Continue Reading →

The book is Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility: Biblical Perspectives in Tension by D.A. Carson.  According to the introduction “The material found in these chapters began life as a doctoral dissertation at Cambridge University, defended in 1975.” And man, does it show. What a snoozefest. Inaccessible to the average reader.  I read this book because... Continue Reading →

The book is Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church by John Onwuchekwa. It was published in 2018 by Crossway. I read the first edition hardcover. It’s part of a series called 9 Marks. After reading this one I’d definitely like to finish the series.  I read this book because my church has asked me... Continue Reading →