carolaa Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Oh, has anyone tried that Kindle thing from Amazon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Wow, that's a spendy little piece of technogadgetry. Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Wow, that's a spendy little piece of technogadgetry. Let me get this right ... You pay $360 for the device and then you have to pay for each piece of material to read??? Seems way out for me ... Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolaa Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Yeah, it's way out for me. I just wondered if anyone had tried it & how they liked it. Or is there another technology that is similar that you like better?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 I have purchased short works that are published in pdf. Usually they are a few dollars and delivered by email. Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeHiscost Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 [so it's going slower than the books I read in bed.] You have some interesting habits of reading, Jeannie43, (BTW, is that your age?) the most interesting being your admission of slower reading of the Bible, a virtue I believe, as it involves God speaking directly to you by your choice, therefore prudent to think carefully about what is being said, not intimating at all that you weren't. Being duly impressed by your choices for reading I thought you might enjoy a book I'm at present reading (reading good books not necessarily a habit of mine because of time restrictions). The book: "Where God Was Born", described as 'a journey by land to the roots of religion', authored by Bruce Feiler who also authored two other New York Times bestsellers; "Walking the Bible" and "Abraham". While I've only read enough of the first book to find it worth recommending as a good piece of non-fiction, I have reservations about it's assumed view of theological reality. Cheers! Quote Lift Jesus up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Gail Posted September 28, 2008 Author Administrators Share Posted September 28, 2008 Anyone see the Last Lecture on public TV last night? I came in at the end, where he sings Happy Birthday to his wife Jai, gives her a kiss and a hug, and she whispers to him, "Don't die." Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 The book had me boo hooing all over the place. I couldn't imagine watching it. Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Bravus Posted September 29, 2008 Moderators Share Posted September 29, 2008 Currently reading a novel called 'Don't Call Me Ishmael', aimed at high schoolers. It's a lot of fun. Also reading (I often have a couple on the go) David Gemmell's 'Quest for Lost Heroes'. Quote Truth is important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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doctorj Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Currently I am reading " Seeking a Sanctuary: Seventh-day Adventism and the American Dream" by Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart. Originally it was published in 1989 but now has come out with an updated version published in 2007. This is perhaps one of the most informed studies of Adventism. I recommend it to anyone interested in the History and Sociology of the Church. Quote Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening. -- Dorothy Sarnoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators John317 Posted October 1, 2008 Moderators Share Posted October 1, 2008 Sounds interesting. What is its major theme at least as far as you've read so far? Quote John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. [17] For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaycee Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Reading "Under the Shadow" By Mary Hui-Tze Wong. Follows the life journey of a Chinese Missionary in the 1930's/40's. So far, not as adventurous as i originally thought, but still a good read. Quote If it's too loud then you must be too old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Tom Wetmore Posted October 2, 2008 Administrators Share Posted October 2, 2008 Currently I am reading "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski. I have a number of other books in progress (maybe half dozen or so.) THe one on top of the stack to pick up after Edgar Sawtelle is "A Generous Orthodoxy" by Brian D. McLaren. Most recently finished - The Shack. Other recent books of note worth recommending - "This is Your Brain on Music" by Daniel J. Levitin and "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. And an amusingly thought provoking little book "The Uncensored Bible The Bawdy and Naughty Bits of the Good Book by theologians John Kaltner and Steven L. McKenzie and reporter/writer Joel Kilpatrick. Tom Quote "Absurdity reigns and confusion makes it look good." "Sinless perfection is such a shallow goal." "I love God only as much as the person I love the least." *Forgiveness is always good news. And that is the gospel truth. (And finally, the ideas expressed above are solely my person views and not that of any organization with which I am associated.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellen Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 and 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' (about science) - both recommended. I have read that one and also recommend it to avid readers or in-the-know people. I am currently reading "I Saw God's Hand" by E L Martin. It's from 1978 but the stories are timeless. Chapter after chapter how prayer was answered or God intervened in his life. He was a missionary to Solomon Islands as well as PNG, came from Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorj Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Currently I am reading "Seeking a Sanctuary: Seventh-day Adventism and the American Dream" by Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart, 2007 Edition. This book presents a critical analysis of the SDA Church from the perspective of non-Adventists. Yes, these two non-Adventists had an open access to the Church so that this analysis could be written. It makes for very interesting reading since I have experienced a lot of what is talked about in the book. Gives a very different view of Adventism than we are commonly used to. I recommend reading this volume of 498 pages (although it is only 360 pages in length in the main body of the text, the end notes and other reading tools round this volume out to its 498 pages.) Quote Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening. -- Dorothy Sarnoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyLea Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I am heading a reading circle at church and right now we are reading 'At Jesus' Feet' by Doug Batchelor. We are looking for the next book to read...any suggestions? Our prayer meeting group is reading 'Last Day Events' which is a compilation of Mrs White's writings. I am struggling with this one, because it seems to me that some of the quotes, outside of the original context, can be misinterpreted and are at times somewhat confusing. I just finished a book on Mormonism that was pretty fascinating, but I returned to the owner and have forgotten the title. I am also reading the biography of George Herbert Walker Bush. Quite the family history. (Calvin and Hobbes' entire library is a MUST read!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyLea Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Just a p.s... When I was a kid, I read and reread 'Spotted Boy and the Comanches' until the book fell apart. Along with that I also read 'Brush Valley Adventure'. Any one heard of those? The Sam Campbell books were well read and later on the James Herriot books became my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 We just started reading "Though a Thousand Shall Fall", we are doing it as a read aloud on Sabbath afternoons. One chapter per week. It is really good. Quote For what will a man be profited, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Mat. 16:26Please, support the JDRF and help find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. Please, support the March of Dimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 25, 2008 Members Share Posted November 25, 2008 Just finished "the Bible that Jesus read" by Phillip Yancy in our sabbath school class and "Life without Parole" by rick fleck at home at our worship time. Both books were very good. pk Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Tom Wetmore Posted November 25, 2008 Administrators Share Posted November 25, 2008 I have read almost everything by Phillip Yancy and recommend his work. I have read "What's So Amazing About Grace?" 4+ times. It is a must read. Quote "Absurdity reigns and confusion makes it look good." "Sinless perfection is such a shallow goal." "I love God only as much as the person I love the least." *Forgiveness is always good news. And that is the gospel truth. (And finally, the ideas expressed above are solely my person views and not that of any organization with which I am associated.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 26, 2008 Members Share Posted November 26, 2008 Yes I have enjoyed every book of Yancy's that I have read. pk Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry D Thomas Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Currently I am reading "Seeking a Sanctuary: Seventh-day Adventism and the American Dream" by Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart, 2007 Edition. This book presents a critical analysis of the SDA Church from the perspective of non-Adventists. Yes, these two non-Adventists had an open access to the Church so that this analysis could be written. It makes for very interesting reading since I have experienced a lot of what is talked about in the book. Gives a very different view of Adventism than we are commonly used to. I recommend reading this volume of 498 pages (although it is only 360 pages in length in the main body of the text, the end notes and other reading tools round this volume out to its 498 pages.) I have read this book. A fascinating, not regatively-biased look at our church. I recommend it. Makes an interesting point that Adventism historically has not bought into the American dream. Instead we created an alternate society--our own schools, hospitals, camps, our own version of Boy Scouts, our own foods, etc. And it suggests that one of the reasons why we are evangelistically successful in many places overseas is that we come across almost as anti-American, since we interpret prophecy to see American as a force for evil in the end times. An interesting veiwpoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jeannieb43 Posted November 26, 2008 Moderators Share Posted November 26, 2008 Currently I am reading "Seeking a Sanctuary: Seventh-day Adventism and the American Dream" by Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart, 2007 Edition. This book presents a critical analysis of the SDA Church from the perspective of non-Adventists. Yes, these two non-Adventists had an open access to the Church so that this analysis could be written. It makes for very interesting reading since I have experienced a lot of what is talked about in the book. I never realized that Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart are not members of the Adventist church. (I wonder how they happened to be favored by the "brethren" and given open access to the church in writing this book.) Quote Jeannie<br /><br /><br />...Change is inevitable; growth is optional.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curly Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 I debated and finally "bit the bullet" and bought a Kindle. I love it. It is pricey -- but so is buying bookcases and I am running out of room in my house. The books are cheaper than regular ones and are delivered instantly. The Amazon WhisperNet -- their service that supplies online downloading and shopping to the Kindle is not available where I live in the country. So I must order online with my computer - it is instantly downloaded to my computer and then I copy it to my Kindle. It takes all of two minutes to get a book. Ellen White books are under a dollar -- some of them -- and Bibles are cheap too. I like this for when I travel -- I don't have to take a suitcase of books (I've been know to do this!). It reads like a book -- not like a computer screen. You can bookmark pages and highlight what you would like too. The only thing I do not like is that I can not share the book with someone else to read. I recently finished The Shack -- great book The Team - by Kim Johnson - good am now reading -- Three Cups of Tea UnChristian -- by a guy from Barnma (they do surveys) it is about what the "UnChristian" thinks of us as Christians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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