The book is Not A Chance by R.C. Sproul. It was originally published in 1994 by Baker Books. I read the 2014 paperback edition. I read it in July of 2023. The title comes from Sproul's main thesis which is that chance is not a being or a thing or any kind of cause from which effects... Continue Reading →
Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy
The book is Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy. It was originally published in 1968 by Random House. I read the 1993 Vintage International Trade Paperback edition. I read it in July of 2023. The title is fitting because this book is very dark. It's dark in tone and in setting. The characters are very dark and dangerous.... Continue Reading →
Ten Indictments Against the Modern Church by Paul Washer
The book is Ten Indictments Against the Modern Church by Paul Washer. It was originally published in 2018 by Reformation Heritage Books. I read the 2018 paperback edition. I read it in July of 2023. The title is what the book is. Washer tears big eva a new one. I read this because I've never read anything from him.... Continue Reading →
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
The book is American Pastoral by Philip Roth. It was originally published in 1997 by Houghton Mifflin Company. I read the 1998 Vintage paperback edition. I read it in July of 2023. The title refers to a type of painting called American pastoral, which is like a landscape portrait. It basically means a nice quaint picturesque image... Continue Reading →
Washington by Ron Chernow
The book is Washington by Ron Chernow. It was originally published in 2010 by Penguin Books. I read the 2011 paperback edition. I read it in June of 2023. The title obviously is from the subject of the biography, George Washington. The full title is Washington: A Life But Chernow takes advantage of the fact that the Washington name... Continue Reading →
The Household and the War for the Cosmos by C.R. Wiley
The book is The Household and the War for the Cosmos by C.R. Wiley. It was originally published in 2019 by Canon Press. I read the 2019 paperback edition. I read it in June of 2023. The title refers to the similarity between the household and the cosmos. The household is a microcosm. The family is the... Continue Reading →
The Godly Man’s Picture by Thomas Watson
The book is The Godly Man's Picture by Thomas Watson. It was originally published in 1666. I read the reprinted retypeset 2021 edition by The Banner of Truth Trust. I read it in June of 2023. The title is the theme of the book. Watson draws a portrait of what the godly man looks like, how he behaves, and... Continue Reading →
The Case For Christian Nationalism by Stephen Wolfe
The book is The Case for Christian Nationalism by Stephen Wolfe. It was originally published in 2022 by Canon Press. I read the 2022 paperback edition. I read it in May of 2023. The title is the author's thesis. He makes his case for why America should be a Christian nation and how to get there. This... Continue Reading →
Classical Philosophy by Peter Adamson
The book is Classical Philosophy by Peter Adamson. It was originally published in 2014 by Oxford University Press. I read the first edition. I read it in May of 2023. This is the first book in a series called A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps. This volume is a survey of the presocratic philosophers as well as... Continue Reading →
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The book is The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. It was originally published in 1986 by Houghton Mifflin Company. I read the 1998 paperback edition. I read it in May of 2023. The title is the narrator's story. She is the handmaid telling the tale. It's set in a dystopian future America where all childbearing women, the... Continue Reading →