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101 Project
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Books, 101 Project
For Love of Reading
The apostle Paul wrote, “‘All things are lawful [the NIV interprets as ‘permissible’] for me,’” but not all things are helpful. “‘All things are lawful for me,’” but I will not be enslaved by anything. (1 Corinthians 6:12, ESV). I’ll ride the apostle’s train of thought to the next station: Setting goals is a good thing. Allowing a goal, any goal, to dominate your expectations of success is not.
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Books, 101 Project
On Marlowe’s “Faustus”
Does anyone really set out to sell their soul to the devil? Or do a series of thoughts and actions place us in the infernal one’s path, where his ages-old cunning more than matches the best in human philosophy?
The legendary character Faust exemplifies the second type of person, perhaps the more common. Faust’s story has […] -
Books, 101 Project
A Word about Beowulf
05.07.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsIf you’ve glanced at my list recently, you know I’ve finished a few shorter works. I want to post a short note about each, and I’ll begin with the longest of the three.
Beowulf terrorizes countless high school and college students, not because of its three monsters but because it’s translated from Old English. But it’s […] -
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Explanations for the 101 Project
Answers to two questions about the reading project I recently started.
First, the list. Cameron and I consulted several great books lists, and used the list in Adler and Van Doren’s How to Read a Book as a starting point. We nixed most of the science this go-round, substituting fiction and some theology/Christian classics that we […]
