Sean's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 08 May 2025 09:46:25 -0700 60 Sean's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The Roots of American Order 1128046 534 Russell Kirk 1882926994 Sean 4 Very good! 4.27 1974 The Roots of American Order
author: Russell Kirk
name: Sean
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1974
rating: 4
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shelves: cultural-issues, government, history, politics
review:
Very good!
]]> <![CDATA[The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart]]> 176443296
One class of citizens—whites—is openly discriminated against in every sphere of public and private life. The Unprotected Class is a comprehensive explanation of how we got here and what we must do to correct a manifest—and dangerous—injustice.

Launched with an appeal to justice for all, the civil rights movement went off the rails even as it achieved its original goals. Soon its excesses and failures were exploited to justify discrimination against whites in business, education, law, entertainment, and even the church. With the death of George Floyd and the shedding of all pretense of racial justice, vindictiveness, resentment, and hatred were unleashed in America.]]> 400 Jeremy Carl 1684514584 Sean 0 currently-reading 4.32 2024 The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart
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average rating: 4.32
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]]> <![CDATA[Where the Right Went Wrong: How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency]]> 252754
Where the Right Went Wrong chronicles how the Bush administration and Beltway conservatives have abandoned their principles, and how a tiny cabal hijacked U. S. foreign policy, and may have ignited a "war of civilizations" with the Islamic world that will leave America's military mired down in Middle East wars for years to come.

At the same time, these Republicans have sacrificed the American worker on the altar of free trade and discarded the beliefs of Taft, Goldwater and Reagan to become a party of Big Government that sells its soul to the highest bidder.

A damning portrait of the present masters of the GOP, Where the Right Went Wrong calls to task the Bush administration for its abandonment of true conservatism including:

*The neo-conservative cabal-liberal wolves in conservative suits.
*Why the Iraq War has widened and imperiled the War on Terror.
*How current trade policy outsources American sovereignty, independence and industrial power.

"Buchanan is an honest writer who...minces nothing except an occasional opponent."
--The Philadelphia Inquirer]]> 288 Patrick J. Buchanan 0312341164 Sean 4 politics Old but good! 3.76 2004 Where the Right Went Wrong: How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency
author: Patrick J. Buchanan
name: Sean
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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shelves: politics
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Old but good!
]]> <![CDATA[The Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed (Davenant Guides #2)]]> 34915838 118 W. Bradford Littlejohn 0692878173 Sean 3 Helpful. 3.90 The Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed (Davenant Guides #2)
author: W. Bradford Littlejohn
name: Sean
average rating: 3.90
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/09
date added: 2025/04/09
shelves: philosophy-and-ethics, politics, theology
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Helpful.
]]> <![CDATA[Pursuits of Happiness: The Social Development of Early Modern British Colonies and the Formation of American Culture]]> 590287 302 Jack P. Greene 0807842273 Sean 3 history Good 3.62 1988 Pursuits of Happiness: The Social Development of Early Modern British Colonies and the Formation of American Culture
author: Jack P. Greene
name: Sean
average rating: 3.62
book published: 1988
rating: 3
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date added: 2025/04/05
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Good
]]> <![CDATA[Sanctification of the Sabbath: The Permanent Obligation to Observe the Sabbath or Lord’s Day]]> 58934604 Table of
1. The Sabbath Anterior to the Mosaic Dispensation
2. The Sabbath Binding Alike under the Jewish and Christian Dispensations
3. The Manner of the Promulgation of the Decalogue
4. The Manner of the Preservation of the Decalogue and the Lessons Thereby Taught
5. Proof of the Permanence of the Fourth Commandment Derived from the Foregoing Statements
6. Internal Evidence Shows that the Fourth Commandment Is of Universal Obligation
7. Objections to the Permanent Obligation of the Sabbath Considered
8. The Observance of the Sabbath under the Christian Dispensation Is Fully Recognized by the Prophets
9. The Change from the Last to the First Day of the Week Has Not Invalidated the Obligation of the Sabbath]]> 96 Robert Haldane 1601789068 Sean 4 theology Good. 4.38 Sanctification of the Sabbath: The Permanent Obligation to Observe the Sabbath or Lord’s Day
author: Robert Haldane
name: Sean
average rating: 4.38
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Good.
]]> <![CDATA[Classical Christian School Boards: A Guide to Better Governance]]> 222507714 143 Dr. Timothy Dernlan Sean 3 education Helpful. 3.00 Classical Christian School Boards: A Guide to Better Governance
author: Dr. Timothy Dernlan
name: Sean
average rating: 3.00
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rating: 3
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Helpful.
]]> <![CDATA[Against the Waves: Christian Order in a Liberal Age]]> 228249972 Against the Waves emerges as a beacon of hope, advocating for a return to the divine order established by God's creation. This thought-provoking book addresses the disorientation and moral decay of our times by calling for a revival of Christian principles that once shaped the bedrock of Western civilization.

Jon Harris eloquently argues for the reclamation of natural relationships, strong community bonds, and a life aligned with scriptural truths. Drawing from historical lessons, he critiques modern liberalism, the proposition nation, managerial elitism, and other ideologies that have led society away from its spiritual moorings, presenting a compelling case for why we must return to the fundamentals of faith, virtue, and service to God and neighbor.

Against the Waves is not just a critique; it's a roadmap for those yearning for truth in an era of confusion. It challenges Christians to stand firm against the cultural tides, advocating for a life of divine purpose over secular novelty. Jon even explores strategies considered unconventional like returning to liturgical calendars or nullifying tyrannical laws emanating from centralized authorities. The book Clear A hopeful vision of how Christian principles can restore order and meaning to our lives.Historical Lessons from the past that highlight the consequences of straying from divine order.Practical Steps for individuals and communities to cultivate virtue and resist the pressures of a liberal society.Whether you're questioning the foundations of modern society or seeking to deepen your faith in a secular world, Against the Waves offers wisdom, courage, and inspiration for living out Christian values with conviction.]]> 361 Jon Harris 1967020019 Sean 5 cultural-issues 4.73 Against the Waves: Christian Order in a Liberal Age
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average rating: 4.73
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A very important book for our day. Highly recommended.
]]> Living in a Godly Marriage 28464410
Table of Contents:

1.The Institution and Honor of Marriage
2.The Purposes and Benefits of Marriage
3.Securing a Good Entrance into Marriage
4.Preserving the Honor of Marriage
5.The Mutual Duties of Love and Chastity
6.The Mutual Duties of Help and Peace
7.The Wife’s Duties in Marriage
8.The Husband’s Duty of Love
9.The Husband’s Duty of Authority
10.Concluding Counsel
Appendix: George Swinnock’s Prayers for Husbands and Wives

Deepen Your Christian Life

From the late 1500s to the early 1700s, Puritan ministers wrote thousands of Christian books that contain massive amounts of biblical, doctrinal, experiential, and practical instruction to energize your Christian life. In the early seventeenth century, nearly 20 percent of the material coming off English presses consisted of Puritan sermon material popularized in book form. Unfortunately, many believers today find it difficult to read the antiquarian Puritan language and, when they attempt to do so, find themselves more frustrated than energized.

This series, Deepen Your Christian Life, presents in contemporary language the major teachings that several Puritans wrote on subjects that are seldom addressed adequately, if at all, today. Finally, you too will be able to enjoy the Puritans and see, by the Spirit’s grace, that they really do energize your Christian life.]]> 336 Joel R. Beeke 1601784635 Sean 4 Good 4.59 Living in a Godly Marriage
author: Joel R. Beeke
name: Sean
average rating: 4.59
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rating: 4
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Good
]]> <![CDATA[2,000 Years of Christ's Power, Part Four: The Age of Religious Conflict]]> 31621772
The fourth volume of 2,000 Years of Christ’s Power spans from the 16th to the 18th century. It presents a time from which English Protestantism, Scottish Presbyterianism, and French Catholicism, to name only a few, were birthed and refined. Perhaps few eras have had such a direct impact on the characteristics of our own period of history.]]> 686 Nick R. Needham 1781917817 Sean 0 currently-reading 4.60 2016 2,000 Years of Christ's Power, Part Four: The Age of Religious Conflict
author: Nick R. Needham
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average rating: 4.60
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]]> <![CDATA[The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)]]> 48019 208 Peter F. Drucker 0060833459 Sean 3 practical-living Helpful 4.07 1966 The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)
author: Peter F. Drucker
name: Sean
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1966
rating: 3
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date added: 2025/03/15
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Helpful
]]> <![CDATA[From the Finger of God: The Biblical and Theological Basis for the Threefold Division of the Law]]> 10396941 426 Philip S. Ross 1845506014 Sean 0 currently-reading 4.22 2010 From the Finger of God: The Biblical and Theological Basis for the Threefold Division of the Law
author: Philip S. Ross
name: Sean
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2010
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]]> <![CDATA[2,000 Years of Christ's Power Vol. 3: Renaissance and Reformation (Grace Publications) by Nick Needham (2016-10-07)]]> 148024797 0 Nick Needham Sean 4 history Good. 4.64 2,000 Years of Christ's Power Vol. 3: Renaissance and Reformation (Grace Publications) by Nick Needham (2016-10-07)
author: Nick Needham
name: Sean
average rating: 4.64
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rating: 4
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Good.
]]> <![CDATA[A New England Town: The First Hundred Years]]> 1216734
In his highly original and controversial study. Professor Lockridge traces the origins of Dedham, Massachusetts, carefully examining its establishment as a utopia in 1636, the changes that occurred during the first four generations of its settlement, and the kind of community it had become by the mid-eighteenth century. In bringing to life this peculiarly American town he creates a view of all New England towns, so vital to an understanding of how the American character and society were shaped. He also gives answers to the basic questions shrouded by the myths: Was the New England Town democratic? Was it equalitarian? Was opportunity great? was society mobile? was it static or dynamic? Who had power, and who wanted it? In examining these questions Professor Lockridge has gone to the heart of the controversy surrounding the New England Town experience, finding some truth, and not a little irony, in the myth.

This enlarged edition includes an updated bibliography and an afterword in which Lockridge addresses two questions about the story of Dedham: What does it tell us about the impulses that led to American independence? The answers to these questions suggest the connections between the "new" social history and the broad political themes of the revolutionary period.]]> 238 Kenneth A. Lockridge 0393954595 Sean 0 currently-reading 3.47 1970 A New England Town: The First Hundred Years
author: Kenneth A. Lockridge
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]]> <![CDATA[Peoples of a Spacious Land: Families and Cultures in Colonial New England]]> 1901699
Main finds that the transplanted English family system produced descendants who were unusually healthy for the times and spectacularly fecund. Large families and steady population growth led to the creation of new towns and the enlargement of old ones with inevitably adverse consequences for the native Americans in the area. Main follows the two cultures into the eighteenth century and makes clear how the promise of perpetual accessions of new land eventually extended Puritan family culture across much of the North American continent.]]> 330 Gloria L. Main 0674016025 Sean 0 currently-reading 3.40 2001 Peoples of a Spacious Land: Families and Cultures in Colonial New England
author: Gloria L. Main
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average rating: 3.40
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]]> <![CDATA[Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I)]]> 32081
From 1629 to 1775, North America was settled by four great waves of English-speaking immigrants. The first was an exodus of Puritans from the east of England to Massachusetts (1629-1640). The second was the movement of a Royalist elite and indentured servants from the south of England to Virginia (ca. 1649-75). The third was the "Friends' migration,"--the Quakers--from the North Midlands and Wales to the Delaware Valley (ca. 1675-1725). The fourth was a great flight from the borderlands of North Britain and northern Ireland to the American backcountry (ca. 1717-75).

These four groups differed in many ways--in religion, rank, generation and place of origin. They brought to America different folkways which became the basis of regional cultures in the United States. They spoke distinctive English dialects and built their houses in diverse ways. They had different ideas of family, marriage and gender; different practices of child-naming and child-raising; different attitudes toward sex, age and death; different rituals of worship and magic; different forms of work and play; different customs of food and dress; different traditions of education and literacy; different modes of settlement and association. They also had profoundly different ideas of comity, order, power and freedom which derived from British folk-traditions. Albion's Seed describes those differences in detail, and discusses the continuing importance of their transference to America.

Today most people in the United States (more than 80 percent) have no British ancestors at all. These many other groups, even while preserving their own ethnic cultures, have also assimilated regional folkways which were transplanted from Britain to America. In that sense, nearly all Americans today are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnic origins may be; but they are so in their different regional ways.

The concluding section of Albion's Seed explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still control attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.

Albion's Seed also argues that the four British folkways created an expansive cultural pluralism that has proved to the more libertarian than any single culture alone could be. Together they became the determinants of a voluntary society in the United States.]]> 946 David Hackett Fischer 0195069056 Sean 5 cultural-issues, history 4.37 1989 Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I)
author: David Hackett Fischer
name: Sean
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1989
rating: 5
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Excellent. Should be required reading for every student of American history.
]]> <![CDATA[Discussions of Theological Questions]]> 17157107 Written by John L. Girardeau 534 John Lafayette Girardeau 0873779657 Sean 4 theology Good 3.83 Discussions of Theological Questions
author: John Lafayette Girardeau
name: Sean
average rating: 3.83
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Good
]]> <![CDATA[2 Timothy & Titus (Reformed Expository Commentary)]]> 53924032 390 Richard D. Phillips 1629957909 Sean 3 commentaries 4.00 2 Timothy & Titus (Reformed Expository Commentary)
author: Richard D. Phillips
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[Commentary on 1-2 Timothy and Titus (Biblical Theology for Christian Proclamation)]]> 36478116 The Biblical Theology for Christian Proclamation Commentary series explores the theology of the Bible in considerable depth, spanning both Testaments. Authors come from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, though all affirm the inerrancy and inspiration of Scripture. United in their belief in the underlying unity of Scripture, each author explores the contribution of a given book or group of books to the theology of Scripture as a whole. All volumes provide a discussion of introductory matters, including the book’s historical setting and the literary structure.
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Also included is an exegetical treatment of all the relevant passages in succinct commentary-style format. The major contribution of each volume, however, is a thorough discussion of the most important themes of the biblical book in relation to the canon as a whole. This format, in itself, would already be a valuable contribution to biblical theology. But there are other series that try to accomplish a survey of the Bible’s theology as well. What distinguishes the present series is its orientation toward Christian proclamation. As a result, the ultimate purpose of this set of volumes is not exclusively, or even primarily, academic. Rather, we seek to relate biblical theology to our own lives and to the life of the church. Our desire is to equip those in Christian ministry who are called by God to preach and teach the precious truths of Scripture to their congregations.
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The author of Commentary on 1-2 Timothy and Titus is Andreas J. Köstenberger.Ěý

“Andreas Köstenberger is a first-rate New Testament scholar, and his commentary has much to commend it. Pastors and teachers will greatly benefit from this fine exegetical and theological tool.�
- Armin D. Baum, Professor fĂĽr Neues Testament und Prorektor fĂĽr Forschung, Freie Hochschule fĂĽr Theologie, Giessen, Germany
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“Köstenberger is to be commended for his careful biblical-theological method. I know no other major attempt to catalogue the theology of the Pastoral Epistles in this way.�
- Craig S. Keener, F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary
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“While there are a number of good commentaries on the Pastoral Epistles, there are few that cover all the bases: scholarly, theological, pastoral, insightful, practical, and encouraging. But Andreas Köstenberger’s new volume is all of these. It is now my go-to commentary on these important books and is sure to be the standard resource for pastors and scholars in generations to come.”ĚýĚýĚ� Ěý
- Michael J. Kruger, president and professor of New Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC
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“This commentary makes a contribution both to scholarship and the church’s mission, a resource that will enrich the messages and messengers who support and sustain our experience of Christian existence. As a biblical scholar and a parish priest, I most heartily recommend this book.�
Ěý- Philip H. Towner, director and dean of the Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship at American Bible Society; assistant rector, St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, NYC
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“This should become a first go-to resource for advanced students in their research and for pastors concerned to do full justice to these writings in their ministerial labors and exposition of the Scriptures.�
- Robert W. Yarbrough, professor of New Testament, Covenant Theological Seminary]]> 642 Andreas J. Köstenberger Sean 4 commentaries 4.00 Commentary on 1-2 Timothy and Titus (Biblical Theology for Christian Proclamation)
author: Andreas J. Köstenberger
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pastoral Epistles (New International Greek Testament Commentary (NIGTC))]]> 1067733
Besides providing a detailed look at the meanings and interrelationships of the Greek words as they appear in each context, Knight's commentary includes an introduction that treats at length the question of authorship (he argues for Pauline authorship and proposes, on the basis of stylistic features, that Luke might have been the amanuensis for the Pastoral Epistles), the historical background of these letters, and the personalities and circumstances of the recipients.

Knight also provides two special the first gathers together the information in the Pastorals and elsewhere in the New Testament on early church offices and leaders; the other excursus examines the motivations for conduct in Titus 2:1-10 with a view to their applicability to present-day situations.]]> 514 George W. Knight III 0802823955 Sean 5 commentaries Great commentary 4.40 2013 The Pastoral Epistles (New International Greek Testament Commentary (NIGTC))
author: George W. Knight III
name: Sean
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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Great commentary
]]> Pastoral Epistles 313816 592 William D. Mounce 0849902452 Sean 4 commentaries Very helpful. 4.33 2000 Pastoral Epistles
author: William D. Mounce
name: Sean
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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Very helpful.
]]> <![CDATA[2 Timothy MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Volume 25) (MacArthur New Testament Commentary Series)]]> 1749639 240 John F. MacArthur Jr. 0802407579 Sean 3 commentaries 4.38 1995 2 Timothy MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Volume 25) (MacArthur New Testament Commentary Series)
author: John F. MacArthur Jr.
name: Sean
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1995
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Omnibus III: Reformation To The Present]]> 1580038 0 Douglas Wilson 1932168648 Sean 3 classics-great-books Good 4.48 2010 Omnibus III: Reformation To The Present
author: Douglas Wilson
name: Sean
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2010
rating: 3
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review:
Good
]]> <![CDATA[Toddlers at the Table?: Protecting Our Children from the Error of Paedocommunion]]> 57172058 105 Jim West Sean 3 theology 3.50 Toddlers at the Table?: Protecting Our Children from the Error of Paedocommunion
author: Jim West
name: Sean
average rating: 3.50
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Eh, this could have been better. Some good points, but could have been a much better treatment.
]]> <![CDATA[2,000 Years of Christ's Power, Part Two: The Middle Ages]]> 31621770 2,000 Years of Christ's Power, another side of the Middle Ages shines through though: The continual workings of Christ as He built His kingdom through figures such as Thomas a Kempis and John Wycliffe, who lived and struggled during these centuries. This was far from a period of stagnation; rather it was the fire from which the Reformation was kindled.]]> 499 Nick R. Needham 1781917795 Sean 4 history Helpful. 4.62 1998 2,000 Years of Christ's Power, Part Two: The Middle Ages
author: Nick R. Needham
name: Sean
average rating: 4.62
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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Helpful.
]]> The Lord's Supper 7542531 272 Malcolm Maclean 1845504283 Sean 4 theology Very good. 4.25 2009 The Lord's Supper
author: Malcolm Maclean
name: Sean
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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Very good.
]]> <![CDATA[Sermons, by John L. Girardeau. Edited by Rev. George A. Blackburn under the auspices of the synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida. 1907 [Leather Bound]]]> 133129608 424 John Lafayette Girardeau Sean 4 Excellent 4.00 2010 Sermons, by John L. Girardeau. Edited by Rev. George A. Blackburn under the auspices of the synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida. 1907 [Leather Bound]
author: John Lafayette Girardeau
name: Sean
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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Excellent
]]> <![CDATA[The Letters of Samuel Rutherford]]> 344438
This abridged edition contains 69 of the letters. The complete, unabridged edition is Letters of Samuel Rutherford (with biographical introduction by Andrew Bonar) also published by The Banner of Truth.]]> 208 Samuel Rutherford 0851511635 Sean 4 pastoral-ministry, theology Great 4.41 1664 The Letters of Samuel Rutherford
author: Samuel Rutherford
name: Sean
average rating: 4.41
book published: 1664
rating: 4
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Great
]]> <![CDATA[Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation]]> 8118362 In this action-packed history, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger unfolds the epic story of Patrick Henry, who roused Americans to fight government tyranny—both British and American. Remembered largely for his cry for “liberty or death,� Henry was actually the first (and most colorful) of America’s Founding Fathers—first to call Americans to arms against Britain, first to demand a bill of rights, and first to fight the growth of big government after the Revolution.

As quick with a rifle as he was with his tongue, Henry was America’s greatest orator and courtroom lawyer, who mixed histrionics and hilarity to provoke tears or laughter from judges and jurors alike. Henry’s passion for liberty (as well as his very large family), suggested to many Americans that he, not Washington, was the real father of his country.

This biography is history at its best, telling a story both human and philosophical. As Unger points out, Henry’s words continue to echo across America and inspire millions to fight government intrusion in their daily lives.

]]> 322 Harlow Giles Unger 0306818868 Sean 3 biography Good 4.02 2010 Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation
author: Harlow Giles Unger
name: Sean
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2010
rating: 3
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Good
]]> <![CDATA[The New England Mind: The Seventeenth Century]]> 798437 The New England Mind: The Seventeenth Century, as well as successor The New England Mind: From Colony to Province, Perry Miller asserts a single intellectual history for America that could be traced to the Puritan belief system.]]> 542 Perry Miller 0674613066 Sean 4 history Good. 3.97 1939 The New England Mind: The Seventeenth Century
author: Perry Miller
name: Sean
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1939
rating: 4
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Good.
]]> <![CDATA[2,000 Years of Christ's Power, Part One: The Age of the Early Church Fathers]]> 18890588 This book was born out of the author's deep conviction that today's Christians can benefit enormously from learning what God has done in the past. The mighty act of Christ did not come to a halt soon after the events recorded in the book of Acts. In every century since the first, the Almighty has been at work and believers can trace his footsteps by studying the way that Christians of a previous generation faced the challenges that confronted them.


The first in a series of four volumes, which covers the history of the church from the earliest days up till modern times. Pastors and preachers will undoubtedly gain much from this series, and those who already have an interest in church history will find the four books useful additions to their library. Nevertheless, the series is written in a style that will appeal to the non-specialist and any modern Christian will find it challenging and stimulating to be introduced to men and women who loved and served the same Saviour that he loves and serves. This volume deals with the age of the Early Church fathers and includes, together with many more, the stories of martyrs such as Blandina and Polycarp, theologians like Athanasius and Augustine of Hippo, and preachers like John Chrysostom.

]]> 449 Nick R. Needham Sean 4 history Very good. Clearly written. 4.69 1998 2,000 Years of Christ's Power, Part One: The Age of the Early Church Fathers
author: Nick R. Needham
name: Sean
average rating: 4.69
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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Very good. Clearly written.
]]> <![CDATA[On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction]]> 53343 On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sold, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.]]> 321 William Zinsser 0060891548 Sean 0 4.23 1976 On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
author: William Zinsser
name: Sean
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1976
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Presbyterians in the South - Vol 2: 1861-1890]]> 15371745 0 Ernest T. Thompson 0804209979 Sean 4 history Good. 4.00 Presbyterians in the South - Vol 2: 1861-1890
author: Ernest T. Thompson
name: Sean
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
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date added: 2024/11/04
shelves: history
review:
Good.
]]> The Communist Manifesto 30474 The Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels' revolutionary 1848 summons to the working classes, is one of the most influential political theories ever formulated. After four years of collaboration, the authors produced this incisive account of their idea of Communism, in which they envisage a society without classes, private property, or a state. They argue that increasing exploitation of industrial workers will eventually lead to a revolution in which capitalism is overthrown. Their vision transformed the world irrevocably, and remains relevant as a depiction of global capitalism today.]]> 288 Karl Marx 0140447571 Sean 1 history, politics 3.67 1848 The Communist Manifesto
author: Karl Marx
name: Sean
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1848
rating: 1
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]]> The Common Law 36490 In The Common Law , derived from a series of lectures delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston, Holmes systematized his early legal doctrines. The result was an enduring classic of legal philosophy that continues to be read and consulted over a century later. Beginning with historical forms of liability (thought to have originated in the desire for vengeance in ancient Roman and Germanic blood feuds), the book goes on to discuss criminal law, torts, bails, possession and ownership, contracts, successions, and many other aspects of civil and criminal law.
Encompassing Holmes's profound, wide-ranging knowledge of the law in its historical aspects, yet written in a manner easily accessible to the layman, The Common Law provoked this observation from another famed jurist; "The book is a classic in the sense that its stock of ideas has been absorbed and become part of common juristic thought � they placed law in a perspective which legal scholarship ever since has merely confirmed." � Felix Frankfurter, Of Law and Men .
Now the influential ideas and judicial theory of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. can be studied and appreciated in this superb edition � the only one in print � of his magnum opus. This edition also features a new introduction by Professor Sheldon M. Novick, author of Honorable The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes . First published in 1881, this book is still indispensable reading for lawyers, political scientists, historians, general readers � anyone interested in the origins, development, and continuing evolution of the laws that govern human society.]]> 480 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. 0486267466 Sean 0 currently-reading 3.83 1963 The Common Law
author: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
name: Sean
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book published: 1963
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]]> <![CDATA[The First Gentlemen of Virginia: Intellectual Qualities of the Early Colonial Ruling Class]]> 6139762 Book by Louis B. Wright 373 Louis B. Wright 0813902479 Sean 5 history Excellent. 3.67 1940 The First Gentlemen of Virginia: Intellectual Qualities of the Early Colonial Ruling Class
author: Louis B. Wright
name: Sean
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1940
rating: 5
read at: 2024/10/22
date added: 2024/10/22
shelves: history
review:
Excellent.
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Discussions, Volume 2; Discussions; Robert Lewis Dabney

Robert Lewis Dabney, Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Publication

Clement Read Vaughan

Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1891

Presbyterian Church; Theology]]> 748 Robert Lewis Dabney Sean 0 currently-reading 5.00 1982 Discussions - Vol 1: Theological and Evangelical
author: Robert Lewis Dabney
name: Sean
average rating: 5.00
book published: 1982
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World]]> 206471101
For every true act of leadership, there is an equal and monstrous act of sabotage.

Our leaders have been entirely routed by the agitated and the anxious. These emotional tyrannies manifest themselves in local libraries, HR cubicles, elder meetings, and at your Thanksgiving dinners.

In this book Professor Joe Rigney seeks to recover the nerve of old that steadied leaders to make tough calls. The nerve that braces them when sabotage comes--because it will. The nerve that has more fun than its enemies.

Cheer up, there's no way out but through.]]> 120 Joe Rigney 1591280400 Sean 4 Excellent. Very practical. 4.43 Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World
author: Joe Rigney
name: Sean
average rating: 4.43
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/16
date added: 2024/10/16
shelves: pastoral-ministry, practical-living
review:
Excellent. Very practical.
]]> <![CDATA[The Liberal Tradition in America]]> 353122 ]]> 348 Louis Hartz 0156512696 Sean 4 history Good. 3.54 1955 The Liberal Tradition in America
author: Louis Hartz
name: Sean
average rating: 3.54
book published: 1955
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/01
date added: 2024/10/01
shelves: history
review:
Good.
]]> <![CDATA[What is The Church? (Crucial Questions, #17)]]> 20436480 In this booklet, Dr. R. C. Sproul carefully and clearly explains that the church is a body of people saved by Jesus Christ and regenerated by the Holy Spirit who live to glorify and enjoy God. Beginning with the ancient Nicene Creed, which affirms that the church is “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic,� Dr. Sproul provides accessible teaching on one of the most misunderstood of all Christian doctrines.

]]> 82 R.C. Sproul 1567693326 Sean 3 theology
Merged review:

Great.]]> 4.27 2013 What is The Church? (Crucial Questions, #17)
author: R.C. Sproul
name: Sean
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2014/08/18
date added: 2024/09/30
shelves: theology
review:
Great.

Merged review:

Great.
]]> <![CDATA[Romans : from Biblical text to contemporary life]]> 19029247 598 Douglas J. Moo 0310559219 Sean 4 commentaries
Merged review:

Good.]]> 4.30 2009 Romans : from Biblical text to contemporary life
author: Douglas J. Moo
name: Sean
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2012/03/01
date added: 2024/09/24
shelves: commentaries
review:
Good.

Merged review:

Good.
]]> <![CDATA[The War Between the States: America's Uncivil War]]> 186023 John J. Dwyer 0976822407 Sean 4 history 4.30 2007 The War Between the States: America's Uncivil War
author: John J. Dwyer
name: Sean
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/07
date added: 2024/09/07
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review:
A very good book. One major criticism is the lack of any footnotes. Major disappointment.
]]> <![CDATA[A Patriot's History of the Modern World: From America's Exceptional Ascent to the Atomic Bomb: 1898-1945]]> 13588395 496 Larry Schweikart 1595230890 Sean 3 history 3.93 2012 A Patriot's History of the Modern World: From America's Exceptional Ascent to the Atomic Bomb: 1898-1945
author: Larry Schweikart
name: Sean
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2019/03/24
date added: 2024/09/02
shelves: history
review:
Informative and comprehensive overview of the time period.
]]> <![CDATA[Patriot's History of the Modern World, Vol. II: From the Cold War to the Age of Entitlement, 1945-2012]]> 17707463 The historians turn their focus to America’s role in the world since the end of World War II
The second volume of A Patriot’s History of the Modern World picks up in 1945 with a world irrevocably altered by World War II and a powerful, victorious United States. But new foes and challenges soon arose: the growing sphere of Communist influence, hostile dictatorships and unreliable socialist allies, the emergence of China as an economic contender, and the threat of world Islamification.]]> 704 Larry Schweikart 1595231048 Sean 3 history 3.75 2013 Patriot's History of the Modern World, Vol. II: From the Cold War to the Age of Entitlement, 1945-2012
author: Larry Schweikart
name: Sean
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2019/06/21
date added: 2024/09/02
shelves: history
review:
A massive history of the modern world. Overall a good work minus some of my quibbles with it here and there.
]]> <![CDATA[What Would the Founders Say?: A Patriot's Answers to America's Most Pressing Problems]]> 9440255
America is at a crossroads. We face two continue our descent toward big government, higher taxes, less individual liberty, and more debt or pull our country back on the path our Founding Fathers planned for us. But that path isn't always so easy to see.

Following the success of his previous books, conservative historian Larry Schweikart tackles some of the key issues confronting our nation education, government bailouts, gun control, health care, the environment, and more. For each he asks, "What would the founders say?" and sets out to explore our history and offer wisdom to help us get back on track. What would really be compatible with the vision that Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and the other founders had for America?

Written in Schweikart's informal yet informative style, What Would the Founders Say? is sure to delight his fans and anyone looking for a little clarity on tough issues.]]> 256 Larry Schweikart 1595230742 Sean 3 history 3.58 2011 What Would the Founders Say?: A Patriot's Answers to America's Most Pressing Problems
author: Larry Schweikart
name: Sean
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2013/08/17
date added: 2024/09/02
shelves: history
review:
This was a good book. I thought that the concept of this book could have been expanded a bit. It would have been nice for Schweikhart to show what the founder's would have said about the many social and moral issues facing our day. Without a doubt, they would have been in utter disgust with the moral bankruptcy of our country, as much as they would be in regards to the out of control, ultra big government that we face today.
]]> <![CDATA[48 Liberal Lies About American History]]> 4597108
Over the last forty years, history textbooks have become more and more politically correct and distorted about our country?s past, argues professor Larry Schweikart. The result, he says, is that students graduate from high school and even college with twisted beliefs about economics, foreign policy, war, religion, race relations, and many other subjects.

As he did in his popular A Patriot?s History of the United States , Professor Schweikart corrects liberal bias by rediscovering facts that were once widely known. He challenges distorted books by name and debunks forty-eight common myths. A

? The founders wanted to create a ?wall of separation? between church and state
? Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation only because he needed black soldiers
? Truman ordered the bombing of Hiroshima to intimidate the Soviets with ?atomic diplomacy?
? Mikhail Gorbachev, not Ronald Reagan, was responsible for ending the Cold War
America?s past, though not perfect, is far more admirable than you were probably taught.]]> 320 Larry Schweikart 1595230513 Sean 3 history Some good, some bad. 3.67 2008 48 Liberal Lies About American History
author: Larry Schweikart
name: Sean
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 2012/09/01
date added: 2024/09/02
shelves: history
review:
Some good, some bad.
]]> <![CDATA[A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror]]> 172803
A Patriot’s History of the United States corrects those doctrinaire biases. In this groundbreaking book, America’s discovery, founding, and development are reexamined with an appreciation for the elements of public virtue, personal liberty, and private property that make this nation uniquely successful. This book offers a long-overdue acknowledgment of America’s true and proud history.

]]> 932 Larry Schweikart 1595230327 Sean 2 history 4.09 2004 A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror
author: Larry Schweikart
name: Sean
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2004
rating: 2
read at: 2012/08/01
date added: 2024/09/02
shelves: history
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]]> <![CDATA[The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization]]> 401824 The Death of the West details how a civilization, culture, and moral order are passing away and foresees a new world order that has terrifying implications for our freedom, our faith, and the preeminence of American democracy. The Death of the West is a timely, provocative study that asks the question that quietly troubles millions: Is the America we grew up in gone forever?]]> 320 Patrick J. Buchanan 0312302592 Sean 4 cultural-issues, politics Great. 3.92 2000 The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization
author: Patrick J. Buchanan
name: Sean
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at: 2024/08/30
date added: 2024/08/30
shelves: cultural-issues, politics
review:
Great.
]]> <![CDATA[Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda]]> 204982725 “This may just be the single most important book on modern Evangelicalism in recent years. It is bold, clear, and very well-researched.”—John MacArthur

How deeply have leftist billionaires infiltrated America’s churches?

Liberal theology isn’t new. Pastors and theologians have drifted, slipped, or even plunged into doctrinal error for centuries. But in recent decades, Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham reveals, well-funded forces from outside the church have been sowing seeds of discord from behind the scenes.

In Shepherds for Sale, Basham documents how progressive powerbrokers —from George Soros, to the founder of eBay, to former members of the Obama administrationâ€� set out to change the American church. Secular foundations and think tanks have deliberately targeted Christian media, universities, megachurches, nonprofits, and even entire denominations, not to mention many high-profile pastors and influencers, with infiltration and astroturf campaigns. Their to co-opt the church for political purposes. In exchange for toeing a left-wing line, many of those church leaders and institutions have received cash, career jumps, prestige, and praise.Ěý

Now, many evangelical leaders are pushing their members to “whisper� about sexual sins, reconsider the importance of abortion, lament the effects of climate change, and repent of “perpetuating systemic racism.� Meanwhile, America’s largest evangelical denominations are fraught with division over issues like critical race theory, and many ministries once known for publishing sound doctrine are now promoting social justice.

Through years of investigation, Basham uncovered compromise at the highest levels of evangelical leadership —from the revered Presbyterian theologian who furtively backed a rogue congregation rebelling against his own denomination, to the celebrity megachurch pastor who secretly encouraged a group of pastors to change their views on sexuality.

A rigorously reportedĚýexposĂ©, Shepherds for SaleĚýserves as a warning of what can happen when a church forgetsĚýthat true power lies not in the world’s wisdom, but in Scripture.Ěý]]> 352 Megan Basham Sean 4 cultural-issues 4.35 Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda
author: Megan Basham
name: Sean
average rating: 4.35
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/08/16
date added: 2024/08/16
shelves: cultural-issues
review:
Great book. I was also very encouraged by her own testimony at the end.
]]> <![CDATA[The Pilgrim's Progress in Modern English]]> 776030 522 John Bunyan 0882707574 Sean 4 Wonderful! 4.22 1678 The Pilgrim's Progress in Modern English
author: John Bunyan
name: Sean
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1678
rating: 4
read at: 2021/07/12
date added: 2024/08/06
shelves: classics-great-books, fiction, literature
review:
Wonderful!
]]> <![CDATA[Institutes of Elenctic Theology (Vol. 1)]]> 1060117
Translated by George Musgrave Giger Edited by James T. Dennison Jr.

Volume 1: Topics 1-10

Topic I: Theology

Topic II: The Holy Scriptures

Topic III: The One and Triune God

Topic IV: The Decrees of God in General and Predestination in Particular

Topic V: Creation

Topic VI: The Actual Providence of God

Topic VII: Angels

Topic VIII: The State of Man Before the Fall and the Covenant of Nature

Topic IX: Sin in General and in Particular

Topic X: The Free Will of Man in a State of Sin]]> 685 Francis Turretin 0875524516 Sean 0 currently-reading 4.55 1992 Institutes of Elenctic Theology (Vol. 1)
author: Francis Turretin
name: Sean
average rating: 4.55
book published: 1992
rating: 0
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]]> Does God Care How We Worship? 50286862
Worship consciously regulated by God\x27s Word is a distinct characteristic of the Reformed church. Yet today many churches do not understand that both the Old and New Testaments have much to say about appropriate worship before God. Ligon Duncan lays the foundations of the regulative principle in worship, providing full biblical support as well as historical context. He also answers Is this \x26#34;right worship\x26#34; essentially European? Is it flexible to different churches and contexts? Is it really still applicable today?

Originally published in Give Praise to A Vision for Reforming Worship (P\x26R Publishing, 2003). Content has been edited for this new format.]]> 88 J. Ligon Duncan III 1629957925 Sean 3 pastoral-ministry, theology Helpful 4.23 Does God Care How We Worship?
author: J. Ligon Duncan III
name: Sean
average rating: 4.23
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/07/30
date added: 2024/07/30
shelves: pastoral-ministry, theology
review:
Helpful
]]> <![CDATA[Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor (The Story of the World, #1)]]> 225951
Told in a straightforward, engaging style that has become Susan Wise Bauer's trademark, The Story of the World series covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the present. Africa, China, Europe, the Americas―find out what happened all around the world in long ago times. This first revised volume begins with the earliest nomads and ends with the last Roman emperor. Newly revised and updated, The Story of the World, Volume 1 includes maps, a new timeline, more illustrations, and additional parental aids. This read aloud series is designed for parents to share with elementary school children. Enjoy it together and introduce your child to the marvelous story of the world's civilizations.

Each Story of the World volume provides a full year of history study when combined with the Activity Book, Audiobook, and Tests―each available separately to accompany each volume of The Story of the World Text Book. Volume 1 Grade Recommendation: Grades 1 5. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings and maps]]> 349 Susan Wise Bauer 1933339004 Sean 4 history 4.26 Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor (The Story of the World, #1)
author: Susan Wise Bauer
name: Sean
average rating: 4.26
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2020/06/02
date added: 2024/07/17
shelves: history
review:
Good to read to your children. Recommended!
]]> <![CDATA[A History of Irish Organized Crime: Blood, Bombs, and Tears for the Homeland]]> 61252350
How much do you know of the impact of British rule in Ireland? Religious conflicts? The backing of parliamentary and paramilitary groups by criminal gangs? Gun-running and drug-smuggling?

A History of Irish Organized Crime is the perfect book to help you develop your knowledge and learn about social history, including the current impact of Brexit for the Irish border “backstop�.

Despite the importance of this topic, there are very few books that cover it in great detail.

Until now.

This book is the best way for any readers who have an interest in organized crime to dive deep into its origins, evolution, and impacts.

If you have an interest in European history, particularly British and Irish history, then A History of Irish Organized Crime is the perfect place for you to brush up on this interesting history.

Grab a copy today and learn all about this fascinating organized crime origin story. Bring your knowledge up to date with the current Irish involvement in the changing nature of organized crime. And join us as we look toward a possible future.]]> 113 David Carlton 1739673018 Sean 3 history Good 3.43 A History of Irish Organized Crime: Blood, Bombs, and Tears for the Homeland
author: David Carlton
name: Sean
average rating: 3.43
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/07/05
date added: 2024/07/05
shelves: history
review:
Good
]]> Formation of Character 44806403 224 Benjamin M. Palmer 0530220873 Sean 4 practical-living Great. 4.50 2015 Formation of Character
author: Benjamin M. Palmer
name: Sean
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2024/06/26
date added: 2024/06/26
shelves: practical-living
review:
Great.
]]> <![CDATA[Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus]]> 148100 254 Michael J. Wilkins 0310211395 Sean 3 apologetics, biblical-studies 4.12 1995 Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus
author: Michael J. Wilkins
name: Sean
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1995
rating: 3
read at: 2024/01/01
date added: 2024/06/25
shelves: apologetics, biblical-studies
review:
This book was fine. Basic interaction with mainline scholarship on Jesus. Hate the 2CV on the cover.
]]> <![CDATA[Honor Thy Fathers: Recovering the Anti-Feminist Theology of the Reformers]]> 214484232 170 Zachary M. Garris 1964404029 Sean 5 history, theology 4.58 Honor Thy Fathers: Recovering the Anti-Feminist Theology of the Reformers
author: Zachary M. Garris
name: Sean
average rating: 4.58
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2024/02/22
date added: 2024/06/22
shelves: history, theology
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]]> <![CDATA[A plain and scriptural view of baptism]]> 20372674 136 Daniel Baker 5518719531 Sean 4 theology Excellent 4.33 2013 A plain and scriptural view of baptism
author: Daniel Baker
name: Sean
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2024/06/02
date added: 2024/06/02
shelves: theology
review:
Excellent
]]> <![CDATA[The LSAT Trainer: A Remarkable Self-Study Guide For The Self-Driven Student]]> 34854973 598 Mike Kim 0989081532 Sean 4 practical-living Helpful 4.33 2013 The LSAT Trainer: A Remarkable Self-Study Guide For The Self-Driven Student
author: Mike Kim
name: Sean
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2024/05/24
date added: 2024/05/24
shelves: practical-living
review:
Helpful
]]> <![CDATA[The Life And Labors Of Daniel Baker, Pastor And Evangelist (1858)]]> 119740691 564 William Mumford Baker 1166388379 Sean 4 biography Excellent 4.00 The Life And Labors Of Daniel Baker, Pastor And Evangelist (1858)
author: William Mumford Baker
name: Sean
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/05/24
date added: 2024/05/24
shelves: biography
review:
Excellent
]]> <![CDATA[The Scots Confession of Faith: Foundational Beliefs of Scottish Protestantism in Historical Context]]> 56293079 39 John Knox Sean 4 history, theology Great. 4.50 2010 The Scots Confession of Faith: Foundational Beliefs of Scottish Protestantism in Historical Context
author: John Knox
name: Sean
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/25
date added: 2024/05/04
shelves: history, theology
review:
Great.
]]> Lex Rex: The Law is King 55216866
As the wisest man said, “Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works� (Eccl. 9:7).We believe reformation and revival start from faith in the Lord with joyful obedience to the Bible, and that is what makes everyday tasks significant and transforms culture. Because of these beliefs, we offer books on Christian living, encouragement, contentment, raising kids, healthy marriages, educational choices, classical education, homeschooling, politics, government, feminism, identity, manhood, womanhood, singleness, virtue, and so much more.]]> 601 Samuel Rutherford Sean 4 4.00 1644 Lex Rex: The Law is King
author: Samuel Rutherford
name: Sean
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1644
rating: 4
read at: 2023/03/02
date added: 2024/05/04
shelves: classics-great-books, government, politics, theology
review:
Good. At times Rutherford’s arguments are hard to distinguish between his own and his citation of his interlocutors. However, it’s a great work.
]]> Thompson, Ernest Trice 130310468 0 Sean 4 history Great 4.00 Thompson, Ernest Trice
author: 1607-1861 Presbyterians in the South: Volume One
name: Sean
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/05/03
date added: 2024/05/03
shelves: history
review:
Great
]]> <![CDATA[Church and State in America: The First Two Centuries (Cambridge Essential Histories)]]> 2597927 224 James H. Hutson 0521683432 Sean 4 government, history Very informative 3.70 2007 Church and State in America: The First Two Centuries (Cambridge Essential Histories)
author: James H. Hutson
name: Sean
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 2024/04/16
date added: 2024/04/16
shelves: government, history
review:
Very informative
]]> <![CDATA[The Problem of Original Sin in American Presbyterian Theology]]> 23364312 142 George P. Hutchinson 0692240616 Sean 4 history, theology Very helpful analysis. 4.00 1972 The Problem of Original Sin in American Presbyterian Theology
author: George P. Hutchinson
name: Sean
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1972
rating: 4
read at: 2024/04/06
date added: 2024/04/06
shelves: history, theology
review:
Very helpful analysis.
]]> <![CDATA[Pastoral Politics: Why Ministers Resign]]> 1080099 EVERY CHURCH HAVING TROUBLE WITH ITS PASTOR SHOULD READ THIS BOOK!

Does it seem to you that ministers justĚý don't say in pastorates as log as they used to? While some would assert that forced pastoral exist are on the rise, author John Gilmore believes that pastoral exist are more than a current trend-they are a historical phenomenon.

Ěý

Pastoral Politics addresses the many issues related to why pastor move from one church to another. No other book on the market has taken the trouble to delve into church history and personal testimonies to find those forgotten cases of famous and lesser-known pushed-out pastors-to see what went wrong and why.

EVERY PASTOR WHO HAS FELT NUDGE TO LEAVE Q CURCH SHOULD READ THIS BOOK!


Dr. Gilmore deals with thorny subjects concerning when ministers should leave and when"principled-protest resignations" are necessary. A key feature of Pastoral Politics is its ability to see good and genuine humor in grueling experiences.

Pastoral Politics is not a grudge-book, nor is it a payback book for current and past mistreatment. The book provides the church board and the pastor valuable insights-theologically, psychologically and procedurally-enablingĚý pastors and members to be more flexible and charitable. The book is necessary reading for church board members, seminary students and every pastor who has and could face the prospects of moving on.

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author: John Gilmore
name: Sean
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2002
rating: 3
read at: 2024/03/30
date added: 2024/03/30
shelves: pastoral-ministry
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]]> <![CDATA[Systematic Theology, Volume 3: The Holy Spirit and the Church]]> 58231174 392 Douglas F. Kelly 1527107302 Sean 4 theology Great! 4.00 Systematic Theology, Volume 3: The Holy Spirit and the Church
author: Douglas F. Kelly
name: Sean
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/03/19
date added: 2024/03/19
shelves: theology
review:
Great!
]]> <![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings: A Library of America Paperback Classic]]> 6473037
Ranging from finely honed legal argument to wry and some sometimes savage humor to private correspondence and political rhetoric of unsurpassed grandeur, the writings collected in this volume are at once a literary testament of the greatest writer ever to occupy the White House and a documentary history of America in Abraham Lincoln's time. They record Lincoln's campaigns for public office; the evolution of his stand against slavery; his electrifying debates with Stephen Douglas; his conduct of the Civil War; and the great public utterances of his presidency, including the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address.

Library of America Paperback Classics feature authoritative texts drawn from the acclaimed Library of America series and introduced by today's most distinguished scholars and writers.

The contents of this Paperback Classic are drawn from Abraham Speeches and Writings 1832- 1858 and Abraham Speeches and Writings 1859-1865 , volumes number 45 and 46 in the Library of America series. They are joined in the series by a companion volume, number 192s, The Lincoln Great Writers on his Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now .]]> 550 Abraham Lincoln 1598530534 Sean 3 history 4.11 1992 Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings: A Library of America Paperback Classic
author: Abraham Lincoln
name: Sean
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1992
rating: 3
read at: 2024/03/19
date added: 2024/03/19
shelves: history
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]]> <![CDATA[The Gentlemen Theologians: American Theology in Southern Culture 1795-1860]]> 7945203 272 E. Brooks Holifield 1556356277 Sean 4 history Excellent 3.88 1994 The Gentlemen Theologians: American Theology in Southern Culture 1795-1860
author: E. Brooks Holifield
name: Sean
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1994
rating: 4
read at: 2024/03/18
date added: 2024/03/18
shelves: history
review:
Excellent
]]> <![CDATA[The Antislavery Movement in Kentucky]]> 6992465 144 Lowell H. Harrison 0813190835 Sean 4 history Helpful 3.50 1978 The Antislavery Movement in Kentucky
author: Lowell H. Harrison
name: Sean
average rating: 3.50
book published: 1978
rating: 4
read at: 2024/02/19
date added: 2024/02/19
shelves: history
review:
Helpful
]]> <![CDATA[John Breckinridge: Jeffersonian Republican]]> 124003168 0 Lowell H. Harrison Sean 4 biography 4.00 John Breckinridge: Jeffersonian Republican
author: Lowell H. Harrison
name: Sean
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/02/01
date added: 2024/02/01
shelves: biography
review:
A good, short biography on a great figure in Kentucky. Recommended.
]]> <![CDATA[A Gracious and Compassionate God: Mission, Salvation and Spirituality in the Book of Jonah (Volume 26) (New Studies in Biblical Theology)]]> 11248809 201 Daniel C. Timmer 0830826270 Sean 3 commentaries Good 3.74 2011 A Gracious and Compassionate God: Mission, Salvation and Spirituality in the Book of Jonah (Volume 26) (New Studies in Biblical Theology)
author: Daniel C. Timmer
name: Sean
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2024/01/26
date added: 2024/01/26
shelves: commentaries
review:
Good
]]> <![CDATA[Jonah: A Discourse Analysis of the Hebrew Bible (28) (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament)]]> 26700621 192 Kevin J. Youngblood 0310528356 Sean 3 commentaries Good 4.33 2015 Jonah: A Discourse Analysis of the Hebrew Bible (28) (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament)
author: Kevin J. Youngblood
name: Sean
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2024/01/26
date added: 2024/01/26
shelves: commentaries
review:
Good
]]> The Breckinridges of Kentucky 7369532 412 James C. Klotter 0813191653 Sean 4 biography, history 4.67 1986 The Breckinridges of Kentucky
author: James C. Klotter
name: Sean
average rating: 4.67
book published: 1986
rating: 4
read at: 2024/01/26
date added: 2024/01/26
shelves: biography, history
review:
Great book on a very prominent family.
]]> <![CDATA[Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms]]> 57468025 Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond the chaos of family life as you create a home where kids and parents alike practice how to love God and each other.

You long for tender moments with your children--but do you ever find yourself too busy to stop, make eye contact, and say something you really mean? Daily habits are powerful ways to shape the heart--but do you find yourself giving in to screen time just to get through the day? You want to parent with purpose--but do you know how to start?

Award-winning author and father of four Justin Whitmel Earley understands the tension between how you long to parent and what your daily life actually looks like. In Habits of the Household, Earley gives you the tools you need to create structure--from mealtimes to bedtimes--that free you to parent toddlers, kids, and teens with purpose. Learn how to:


Develop a bedtime liturgy to settle your little ones and ground them in God's love
Discover a new framework for discipline as discipleship
Acquire simple practices for more regular and meaningful family mealtimes
Open your eyes to the spirituality of parenting, seeing small moments as big opportunities for spiritual formation
Develop a custom age chart for your family to more intentionally plan your shared years under the same roof
Each chapter in Habits of the Household ends with practical patterns, prayers, or liturgies that your family can put into practice right away. As you create liberating rhythms around your everyday routines, you will find your family has a greater sense of peace and purpose as your home becomes a place where, above all, you learn how to love.]]> 226 Justin Whitmel Earley 0310362938 Sean 3 practical-living Helpful 4.58 2021 Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms
author: Justin Whitmel Earley
name: Sean
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2024/01/26
date added: 2024/01/26
shelves: practical-living
review:
Helpful
]]> <![CDATA[Maturity: Growing Up and Going On in the Christian Life]]> 44291053
Sinclair Ferguson shows that a deep-seated concern of the writers of the New Testament was to see Christians grow to spiritual maturity—and if that was the concern of the first believers, then it should be our concern too.

In clear and logical chapters that are rooted in the reality of the Christian life, the author, who has had long experience in pastoral ministry and seminary teaching, seeks to show what Christian maturity is, and how it is to be obtained.

It was the apostle Paul’s desire to present those to whom he ministered â€mature in Christ’—for such a maturity would lead to stable, servant-hearted Christians, and healthy, fruit-bearing churches.

All those who desire to live useful, mature, and consistent Christian lives will gain much wisdom from reading and reflecting upon the contents of this book.]]> 248 Sinclair B. Ferguson 1848718659 Sean 4 4.48 Maturity: Growing Up and Going On in the Christian Life
author: Sinclair B. Ferguson
name: Sean
average rating: 4.48
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/01/14
date added: 2024/01/14
shelves: pastoral-ministry, practical-living, theology
review:
Wonderful book. Convicting, challenging, and encouraging.
]]> <![CDATA[Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America: From Its Organization A. D. 1789 to A. D. 1820 Inclusive (Classic Reprint)]]> 33779198
Mr. Armstrong was chosen pro tempore Clerk, to make a list of the mem bers, from the commissions, which were ordered to be delivered to him for that purpose. Adjourned to meet at 3 O'clock, P. M. Concluded with prayer.]]> 765 Presbyterian Church (USA) 1334843120 Sean 4 history 4.00 Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America: From Its Organization A. D. 1789 to A. D. 1820 Inclusive (Classic Reprint)
author: Presbyterian Church (USA)
name: Sean
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/25
date added: 2023/12/25
shelves: history
review:
Really enjoyed reading through these. Minutes from the first General Assembly of the PCUSA in 1789 all the way until 1820.
]]> <![CDATA[The Secret of the Old Mill (The Hardy Boys, #3)]]> 76978
In this adventure, there is danger on two levels for Frank and Joe. First, they confront a nasty gang who will stop at nothing to halt their investigations and second, their father Denton Hardy is on a confidential mission that may deal with sabotage.

Will the Hardys unravel the mysteries?]]> 174 Franklin W. Dixon 0448089033 Sean 4 fiction Read with my boys. Good. 3.88 1927 The Secret of the Old Mill (The Hardy Boys, #3)
author: Franklin W. Dixon
name: Sean
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1927
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/23
date added: 2023/12/23
shelves: fiction
review:
Read with my boys. Good.
]]> <![CDATA[James Madison and the Making of America]]> 12958753 James Madison and the Making of America, historian Kevin Gutzman looks beyond the way James Madison is traditionally seen -- as "The Father of the Constitution; -- to find a more complex and sometimes contradictory portrait of this influential Founding Father and the ways in which he influenced the spirit of today's United States.

Instead of an idealized portrait of Madison, Gutzman treats readers to the flesh-and-blood story of a man who often performed his founding deeds in spite of himself: Madison's fame rests on his participation in the writing of The Federalist Papers and his role in drafting the Bill of Rights and Constitution. Today, his contribution to those documents is largely misunderstood. He thought that the Bill of Rights was unnecessary and insisted that it not be included in the Constitution, a document he found entirely inadequate and predicted would soon fail. Madison helped to create the first American political party, the first party to call itself Republican, but only after he had argued that political parties, in general, were harmful.

Madison served as Secretary of State and then as President during the early years of the United States and the War of 1812; however, the American foreign policy he implemented in 1801-1817 ultimately resulted in the British burning down the Capitol and the White House. In so many ways, the contradictions both in Madison's thinking and in the way he governed foreshadowed the conflicted state of our Union now. His greatest legacy the disestablishment of Virginia's state church and adoption of the libertarian Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom is often omitted from discussion of his career. Yet, understanding the way in which Madison saw the relationship between the church and state is key to understanding the real man.

Kevin Gutzman's James Madison and the Making of America promises to become the standard biography of our fourth President.]]> 432 Kevin R.C. Gutzman 0312625006 Sean 4 biography, history 3.71 2012 James Madison and the Making of America
author: Kevin R.C. Gutzman
name: Sean
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/23
date added: 2023/12/23
shelves: biography, history
review:
Fantastic book. I specifically love the way Gutzman walks the reader through the Philadelphia Convention and the Virginia Ratification Convention. The way he writes it is hard to put the book down.
]]> <![CDATA[Systematic Theology (Volume 2): The Beauty of Christ - a Trinitarian Vision]]> 21972018 568 Douglas F. Kelly 1781912939 Sean 4 theology Excellent. 4.44 2014 Systematic Theology (Volume 2): The Beauty of Christ - a Trinitarian Vision
author: Douglas F. Kelly
name: Sean
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/23
date added: 2023/12/23
shelves: theology
review:
Excellent.
]]> Kentucky Presbyterians 2907279 Book by Weeks, Louis 208 Louis B. Weeks 0804209200 Sean 3 history Good overall history. 3.00 1983 Kentucky Presbyterians
author: Louis B. Weeks
name: Sean
average rating: 3.00
book published: 1983
rating: 3
read at: 2023/12/21
date added: 2023/12/21
shelves: history
review:
Good overall history.
]]> <![CDATA[12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos]]> 30257963 What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.

Humorous, surprising, and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street.

What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have to tell us about standing up straight (with our shoulders back) and about success in life? Why did ancient Egyptians worship the capacity to pay careful attention as the highest of gods? What dreadful paths do people tread when they become resentful, arrogant, and vengeful? Dr. Peterson journeys broadly, discussing discipline, freedom, adventure, and responsibility, distilling the world's wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for life. 12 Rules for Life shatters the modern commonplaces of science, faith, and human nature while transforming and ennobling the mind and spirit of its listeners.]]> 409 Jordan B. Peterson 0345816021 Sean 3 practical-living 3.90 2018 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
author: Jordan B. Peterson
name: Sean
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2023/12/11
date added: 2023/12/11
shelves: practical-living
review:
Helpful. Peterson takes for granted much of the critical scholarship of the Bible which can be annoying at times. But there is still some very helpful practical advice here if you can read with a discerning eye.
]]> <![CDATA[History of the Presbyterian Church in the State of Kentucky]]> 32107317
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.

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author: Robert Davidson
name: Sean
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/09
date added: 2023/12/09
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review:
Great book.
]]> <![CDATA[Records of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America: Embracing the Minutes of the General Presbytery and General Synod, 1706-1788 (Classic Reprint)]]> 37412388
For several years past the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, have adopted measures for the full and complete publication of their minutes, including those of the Presbytery of Philadelphia,' during the period that it was the only Presbyterian judicatory in the country and of the Synods of New York and Philadelphia, during the time that they, separated or united, were the highest judicatories known to the Church; thus securing, as far as these records might embody it, a connected history of the Presbyterian Church, from its earliest organization in this country, to the present time.

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author: Presbyterian Church (USA)
name: Sean
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/03
date added: 2023/12/03
shelves: history
review:
Excellent primary source of the First American Presbytery and the Synod of New York and Philadelphia
]]> <![CDATA[Keep in Step with the Spirit: Finding Fullness in Our Walk with God]]> 272872 The Holy Spirit empowers us, guides us, and enables us to grow and endure in our relationship with the Father through Jesus Christ. Often the most misunderstood member of the Trinity, the Spirit is someone of great focus and attention today amid church revivals and renewals.

In this new edition of his classic Keep in Step with the Spirit, J. I. Packer seeks to help Christians reaffirm the biblical call to holiness and the Spirit's role in keeping our covenant with God. Packer discusses both the merits and shortcomings of the current charismatic movement and how Christ must always be at the center of true Spirit-led ministry.

Packer encourages believers to implement the Spirit's directives and discusses how to map the Spirit's path in your life. If you want to understand and experience more of life in the Spirit, you will cherish this latest offering from one of Christianity's most respected scholars.

J. I. Packer is recognized as one of today's leading evangelical theologians. He is Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the best-selling author of Knowing God.

]]> 256 J.I. Packer 0801065585 Sean 4 theology 4.20 1984 Keep in Step with the Spirit: Finding Fullness in Our Walk with God
author: J.I. Packer
name: Sean
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1984
rating: 4
read at: 2023/11/19
date added: 2023/11/19
shelves: theology
review:
Classic work on the Holy Spirit.
]]> <![CDATA[The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time)]]> 7127999 Has American higher education become a dinosaur?

Why do professors all tend to think alike? What makes it so hard for colleges to decide which subjects should be required? Why do teachers and scholars find it so difficult to transcend the limits of their disciplines? Why, in short, are problems that should be easy for universities to solve so intractable? The answer, Louis Menand argues, is that the institutional structure and the educational philosophy of higher education have remained the same for one hundred years, while faculties and student bodies have radically changed and technology has drastically transformed the way people produce and disseminate knowledge. At a time when competition to get into and succeed in college has never been more intense, universities are providing a less-useful education. Sparking a long-overdue debate about the future of American education, The Marketplace of Ideas examines what professors and students—and all the rest of us—might be better off without, while assessing what it is worth saving in our traditional university institutions.]]> 176 Louis Menand 0393062759 Sean 4 education Very helpful. 3.59 2010 The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time)
author: Louis Menand
name: Sean
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2023/11/15
date added: 2023/11/15
shelves: education
review:
Very helpful.
]]> <![CDATA[Systematic Theology (Volume 1): Grounded in Holy Scripture and understood in light of the Church (Systematic Theology (Mentor))]]> 5493078 640 Douglas F. Kelly 1845503864 Sean 5 theology 4.50 2008 Systematic Theology (Volume 1): Grounded in Holy Scripture and understood in light of the Church (Systematic Theology (Mentor))
author: Douglas F. Kelly
name: Sean
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 2023/11/04
date added: 2023/11/04
shelves: theology
review:
I really enjoyed this. Kelly’s breadth of knowledge is staggering. This work, however, is not for the lay theologian. The only critique I would have is the organization, otherwise it was excellent!
]]> Practical Truths 8889517 206 Archibald Alexander 1151271934 Sean 4 Excellent 4.50 2009 Practical Truths
author: Archibald Alexander
name: Sean
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/31
date added: 2023/10/31
shelves: pastoral-ministry, practical-living, theology
review:
Excellent
]]> Why Liberalism Failed 34746473 is an ideology and not the natural end-state of human political evolution. As Patrick Deneen argues in this provocative book, liberalism is built on a foundation of contradictions: it trumpets equal rights while fostering incomparable material inequality; its legitimacy rests on consent, yet it discourages civic commitments in favor of privatism; and in its pursuit of individual autonomy, it has given rise to the most far-reaching, comprehensive state system in human history. Here, Deneen offers an astringent warning that the centripetal forces now at work on our political culture are not superficial flaws but inherent features of a system whose success is generating its own failure.]]> 248 Patrick J. Deneen 0300223447 Sean 4 Excellent! 3.82 2018 Why Liberalism Failed
author: Patrick J. Deneen
name: Sean
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/21
date added: 2023/10/21
shelves: cultural-issues, philosophy-and-ethics
review:
Excellent!
]]> <![CDATA[Against Our Better Judgment: The Hidden History of How the U.S. Was Used to Create Israel]]> 20919295 260 Alison Weir 149591092X Sean 4 history, politics Fascinating book. 4.28 2014 Against Our Better Judgment: The Hidden History of How the U.S. Was Used to Create Israel
author: Alison Weir
name: Sean
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/13
date added: 2023/10/13
shelves: history, politics
review:
Fascinating book.
]]> <![CDATA[The Little Blue Reasoning Book: 50 Powerful Principles for Clear and Effective Thinking (3rd Edition)]]> 9536958 325 Brandon Royal 1897393628 Sean 4 Very good. 3.47 2010 The Little Blue Reasoning Book: 50 Powerful Principles for Clear and Effective Thinking (3rd Edition)
author: Brandon Royal
name: Sean
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/09
date added: 2023/10/09
shelves: philosophy-and-ethics, practical-living, public-speech-preaching-writing
review:
Very good.
]]> <![CDATA[Are We Together? A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism]]> 15782670 In Are We Together? A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism, Dr. R.C. Sproul takes his stand for the cardinal doctrines of Protestantism in opposition to the errors of the Roman Catholic Church. Sproul, a passionate defender of the gospel of justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, cites the historic statements of the Protestant Reformers and the Roman Catholic authorities, then references modern doctrinal statements to show that the Roman Catholic Church has not altered its official positions. In light of this continuing gap, he writes, efforts by some in the evangelical camp to find common ground with Rome on matters at the heart of the gospel are nothing short of untrue to biblical teaching. In Sproul s estimation, the Reformation remains relevant.
Are We Together? is a clarion call to evangelicals to stand firm for the gospel, the precious good news of salvation as it is set forth in Scripture alone.]]> 125 R.C. Sproul 1567692826 Sean 0 to-read 4.27 2012 Are We Together? A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism
author: R.C. Sproul
name: Sean
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/10/05
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[John Vol. 2 (Expository Thoughts on the Gospels)]]> 4162002
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We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.]]> 448 J.C. Ryle 0851515053 Sean 4 commentaries Excellent! 4.25 1869 John Vol. 2 (Expository Thoughts on the Gospels)
author: J.C. Ryle
name: Sean
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1869
rating: 4
read at: 2023/09/29
date added: 2023/09/29
shelves: commentaries
review:
Excellent!
]]> <![CDATA[John (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament Book 4)]]> 34110658
Designed to assist the pastor and Bible teacher in conveying the significance of God's Word, theĚýZondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New TestamentĚýseries treats the literary context and structure of every passage of the New Testament book in the original Greek.

With a unique layout designed to help you comprehend the form and flow of each passage, the ZECNT

The key message.The author's original translation.An exegetical outline.Verse-by-verse commentary.Theology in application.While primarily designed for those with a basic knowledge of biblical Greek, all who strive to understand and teach the New Testament will benefit from the depth, format, and scholarship of these volumes.]]> 1757 Edward W. Klink III 0310537649 Sean 3 commentaries Pretty helpful. 4.50 John (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament Book 4)
author: Edward W. Klink III
name: Sean
average rating: 4.50
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2023/09/29
date added: 2023/09/29
shelves: commentaries
review:
Pretty helpful.
]]> Uncle Tom’s Cabin 46787 438 Harriet Beecher Stowe Sean 3 classics-great-books 3.88 1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin
author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
name: Sean
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1852
rating: 3
read at: 2023/09/27
date added: 2023/09/27
shelves: classics-great-books
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The House That Jesus Built: A Welcome To Christianity]]> 1634395 64 Dale Ralph Davis 1845502264 Sean 4 Helpful little book. 4.27 2007 The House That Jesus Built: A Welcome To Christianity
author: Dale Ralph Davis
name: Sean
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 2023/09/23
date added: 2023/09/23
shelves: pastoral-ministry, practical-living
review:
Helpful little book.
]]> <![CDATA[Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your Passion]]> 5938609 224 Wayne Cordeiro 0764203509 Sean 2 pastoral-ministry Okay. 4.23 2009 Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your Passion
author: Wayne Cordeiro
name: Sean
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2009
rating: 2
read at: 2023/09/18
date added: 2023/09/18
shelves: pastoral-ministry
review:
Okay.
]]> <![CDATA[One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School]]> 4685 Newsweek calls him "an extraordinarily canny and empathetic observer." In bestseller after bestseller, Turow uses his background as a lawyer to create suspense fiction so authentic it reads with the hammering impact of fact. But before he became a worldwide sensation, Scott Turow wrote a book that is entirely true, the account of his own searing indoctrination into the field of law called...

The first year of law school is an intellectual and emotional ordeal so grueling that it ensures only the fittest survive. Now Scott Turow takes you inside the oldest and most prestigious law school in the country when he becomes a "One L," as entering students are known at Harvard Law School. In a book that became a national bestseller, a law school primer, and a classic autobiography, he brings to life the fascinating, shocking reality of that first year. Provocative and riveting, One L reveals the experience directly from the combat zone: the humiliations, triumphs, hazings, betrayals, and challenges that will make him a lawyer-and forever change Turow's mind, test his principles, and expose his heart.]]> 288 Scott Turow 0446673781 Sean 4 biography Great book. 3.69 1977 One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School
author: Scott Turow
name: Sean
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1977
rating: 4
read at: 2023/09/16
date added: 2023/09/16
shelves: biography
review:
Great book.
]]> <![CDATA[The Tools of Argument: How the Best Lawyers Think, Argue, and Win]]> 19289132 202 Joel P. Trachtman 1630032603 Sean 3 practical-living Pretty good. 4.01 2013 The Tools of Argument: How the Best Lawyers Think, Argue, and Win
author: Joel P. Trachtman
name: Sean
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2023/09/07
date added: 2023/09/07
shelves: practical-living
review:
Pretty good.
]]> John: 2-Volume Set 21890876 1488 Richard D. Phillips 1596381809 Sean 4 commentaries 4.33 2014 John: 2-Volume Set
author: Richard D. Phillips
name: Sean
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2023/09/07
date added: 2023/09/07
shelves: commentaries
review:
I thought that this was a helpful commentary on the gospel of John.
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