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D’Sozo | On My Bedside Table #5
On My Bedside Table is a book review series that wants to make sure that the best books are read over and over again. D’Sozo, Dave Fiedler (2000). I’ll be honest, when it comes to reading, I’m terrible. It took me years to complete the Great Controversy, and I’m still working on some other major…
Walking With God | On My Bedside Table #4
On My Bedside Table is a book review series that wants to make sure that the best books are read over and over again. Find out more about the series here. Walking with God, John Eldredge (2008). Have you ever wondered if an intimate walk with God is actually possible for ordinary you, living a…
Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension | On My Bedside Table #3
On My Bedside Table is a book review series that wants to make sure that the best books are read over and over again. Find out more about the series here. Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension, Matt Parker (2014) “If someone works in math research, they’re not simply doing harder and…
Deep Work: Thinking, Uninterrupted | On My Bedside Table #2
On My Bedside Table is a book review series that wants to make sure that the best books are read over and over again. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, Cal Newport (2016) Try this exercise: Calculate how many minutes, or seconds, between now and the next alert that shows up…
Total Truth | On My Bedside Table #1
Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity, Nancy Pearcey (2004). It’s not a difficult book, but it does deal with abstracts that lie at the foundation of culture and society. This is why I keep coming back to re-read this work by philosopher and apologist Nancy Pearcey. Total Truth doesn’t deal with series of…
Pitfalls #8: Halfway There.
They were heading towards a new life in the United States of America. For many, it was the beginning of a journey to reach their desires of wealth, honour and ease. In 1912, 2,224 emigrants from Great Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere in Europe boarded the RMS Titanic. At 11:40pm on 14th April 1912, Titanic…
On My Bedside Table : An Introduction.
Though God’s Word should be the main focus of our diet, since it alone can satisfy the soul, wider reading can still teach us something in our spiritual walk. We want to find books that expand our hearts and minds, that challenge us to think in ways we’ve never thought before and that help us…
Pitfalls #7: Called to be Burden-Bearers
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad. (Proverbs 12:25) There is many a brave soul sorely pressed by temptation almost ready to faint in the conflict of self and with the power of evil. Do not discourage such a one in his hard struggle. (SC, 120) God…
Pitfalls #6: An Intellectual Religion?
“Many accept an intellectual religion, a form of godliness, when the heart is not cleansed”SC 35. I grew up in a home with a Mum who some people refer to as the ‘eternal student’. She finished secondary school when she was about 19 years old. Shortly after she met my Dad, got married, started a…
Pitfalls #5: Self-Sufficiency
“Many have an idea that they must do some part of the work alone.” Steps to Christ, 69. A friend once told me: “If you really aren’t sure of how much you can do by yourself—without depending on God to sustain you—then stop breathing the air that doesn’t belong to you. Who gives your heart…