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I See Satan Fall Like Lightning by René Girard book cover
I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
René Girard
Jurassic Park by M. Crichton, Michael Crichton book cover
Jurassic Park
M. Crichton, Michael Crichton
The Epistle to the Romans by Karl Barth book cover
The Epistle to the Romans
Karl Barth

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blake Hollingsworth
1 months ago
Jurassic Park
you may be familiar with the name and the movie, but you don't know the whole story. One doesn't need to be familiar or even a fan of dinosaurs to enjoy this book. The dinosaurs function as background monsters in a suspenseful story about human greed unchecked power and pride. An excellent monster
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Jonathan Hollingsworth
1 months ago
I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
I See Satan Fall Like Lighting is maybe the culmination of his life work. Whereas before he obsessively analyzes the psychology of imitative desire (mimetic desire), the prehistoric real origins of human mythology through the reoccurring patterns found in human myths, ancient religious rituals and s
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Ljubomir Bacovic
1 months ago
The Epistle to the Romans
I got introduced to Barth's work and especially this book by Andrew Root and his #4 in "Ministry in a Secular Age" series. I can see why Barth is considered as one of the most (if not the most) influential theologians of 20th century. Pressed by terrible realities of post-war Europe, Spanish flu and

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blake Hollingsworth
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Ljubomir Bacovic
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Jonathan Hollingsworth
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I See Satan Fall Like Lightning by René Girard book cover
Reading my way through God, the world, and the wild edges where holiness, myth, and meaning overlap, I’m drawn to books that enlarge imagination, sharpen discernment, and deepen a sense of what it means to be human before God and with others.