The book is Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy. It was originally published in 1998 by Vintage books. I read the paperback edition. I read it in November of 2024. The cities of the plain in the Bible are Sodom and Gomorrah. The cities were so evil that God destroyed them with fire and brimstone from... Continue Reading →
The book is Persian Fire by Tom Holland. It was originally published in 2005 by Little Brown, a division of Time Warner books. I read the 2007 Anchor Books paperback edition. I read it in November of 2024 I read this book because I’m reading through Tom Holland’s history books and this was next on the bibliography. This was... Continue Reading →
The book is Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman. It was originally published in 2012 by Ace Books. I read the paperback edition. I read it in October of 2024. The title refers to a practice during the Black Plague where the pope would receive people only between two massive fires that were supposed to burn away the... Continue Reading →
The book is Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen. It was originally published in 1923. I read the Ichthus paperback edition. I read it in October of 2024. The title refers to the theme of the book which is the stark differences between Christianity and modernist liberalism. Machen's point is that the liberal version of Christianity that... Continue Reading →
The book is Rabbit, Run by John Updike. It was originally published in 1960 by Alfred A. Knopf a division of Random House. I read the 2012 paperback edition. I read it in September of 2024. The title refers to the main character Harry Angstrom. His nickname is Rabbit. Although not a lot of people in the book actually call... Continue Reading →
The book is Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney. It was originally published in 1991 by NavPress in alliance with Tyndale House Publishers. I read the 2014 paperback edition. I read it in August of 2024. The title refers to the spiritual disciplines that Whitney examines throughout the book. "I believe a case can be... Continue Reading →
The book is Shepherds For Sale by Megan Basham. It was originally published in 2024 by Broadside Books a trademark of HarperCollins Publishers. I read the 2024 hardcover edition. I read it in August of 2024. The title refers to big evangelical pastors that sold out to wokeness. Pastors who literally took money from left wing organizations... Continue Reading →
The book is Before Israel Fell by Kenneth Gentry Jr. It was originally published in 1998 by Victorious Hope Publishing. I read the Third Edition paperback published in 2010. I read it in August of 2024. The title is the period of history before Jerusalem fell. The Romans fought a war against Jerusalem from 66AD to 73AD.... Continue Reading →
The book is Can We Trust The Gospels? By Peter J. Williams. It was originally published in 2018 by Crossway. I read the 2018 paperback edition. I read it in May of 2024. The title is the thesis of the book. Williams gives a concise survey of historical and biblical evidence for why the Gospels Matthew, Mark,... Continue Reading →
The book is Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. It was originally published in 1985 by Penguin Random House. I read the Vintage International 1992 paperback edition. I read it in April of 2024. The phrase blood meridian is never specifically mentioned, but there are allusions to it. "The sun was just down and to the west lay reefs of... Continue Reading →
Solomon White 