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Great new set of freebies from Canon Press. I've read the one about Cannabis, it was very good and informative concerning, not only Cannabis, but a biblical stance on the legalization of such things.
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| Why Children Matter |
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| What I Learned in Narnia |
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| The Light from Behind the Sun: A Reformed and Evangelical Appreciation of C.S. Lewis |
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| Mis-Inflation: The Truth about Inflation, Pricing, and the Creation of Wealth |
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| Devoured by Cannabis: Weed, Liberty, and Legalization |
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| Confessions of a Food Catholic |
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Here are the links to each of the books that are free this week!
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| Andrew and the Firedrake |
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| Evangellyfish |
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| Flags out Front: A Contrarian's Daydream |
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| The Man in the Dark: A Romance |
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| Ride, Sally, Ride (Or Sex Rules) |
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| Blackthorn Winter Maritime Series Book 1 |
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| Susan Creek Maritime Series Book 2 |
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| Two Williams Maritime Series Book 3 |
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| Barbary Jihad Maritime Series Book 4 |
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| Beowulf A New Verse Rendering |
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| Calvinist Poetry 101 Poems from Calvinist Poets |
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| So Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ A Morning and Evening Devotional |
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| God Rest Ye Merry Why Christmas is the Foundation for Everything |
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| Refuting the New Atheists |
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| Douglas Wilson's Dangerous Alphabet |
I had seen the recommendations and the numerous posts about The Sin of Empathy by Joe Rigney. A few years ago (well before the book) I watched the Man Rampant episode with Joe Rigney titled The Sin of Empathy and found it to be very interesting. Well, I finally read this book. I started it two days ago and finished the last chapter this morning.
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| The Sin of Empathy: Compassion and its Counterfeits by Joe Rigney |
Something that might be helpful for consideration of this book, might be an excerpt from an appendix at the end of the book. The author is addressing one of the criticisms regarding the title of the book. He says,
... numbering empathy among the other passions may be clarifying. An article on "the sin of anger" or "the sin of sexual desire" or even "the sin of loyalty" is comprehensible to many, even though we all know that not all anger or sexual desire or loyalty are sinful (the same would be true for fear, anxiety, and grief). In each case, we naturally understand the phrase "the sin of anger" to mean "sinful anger," and we would need to actually read the article to determine whether there were clear definitions and proper distinctions made.
The issue with "the sin of empathy" is that few people in the modern world can imagine empathy being sinful or negative. It is an incorruptible virtue, and thus ... questioning its value is considered irreverent, if not sacrilegious. But it's precisely empathy's inviolable status that makes it such a powerful mask for corruption.
There are two types of books that really grab my attention. One of them is a book that is introducing ideas that are almost foreign to me: things I hadn't thought about before. The other type is the one that puts constructed sentences to realities I've experienced. That is precisely what this book did. It offered a clarity to my own lived reality... things I've done, said, and watched happen. About halfway through this book I found myself thinking, "I wish every pastor I know would read this book."
So... If you are a Pastor, I am recommending that you read this book. If I were famous, that might mean more to some, but I am hoping that if you know me at all that you might give me the benefit of the doubt and grab a copy of this and give it a wholehearted consideration as you read it.
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| Outfitters of the Reformation |
This batch is an odd assortment, but I am looking forward to reading them all. If you get the Christmas one, let me know, I'll read it with you. I'm also interested if the Dangerous Alphabet book will show up on a smart board with a Kindle App or the Kindle Cloud Reader. The Household Related Kindle books were still free this morning.
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| So Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ: A Morning and Evening Devotional by Douglas Wilson |
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| Refuting the New Atheists: A Christian Response to Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Richard Dawkins by Douglas Wilson |
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| God Rest Ye Merry: Why Christmas is the Foundation for Everything By Douglas Wilson |
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| Beowulf A New Verse Rendering by Douglas Wilson |
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| Calvinist Poetry: 101 Poems form Calvinist Poets |
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| Dangerous Alphabet by Douglas Wilson |
Great drop of free books right now. I've already read a few of these and am looking forward to reading the remainder of them. Here are the ones that are free for the next few days. Stock your kindle right now.
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| Reforming Marriage by Douglas Wilson |
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| Federal Husband by Douglas Wilson |
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| Fidelity How to be a One Woman Man by Douglas Wilson |
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| My Life for Yours A Walk through the Christian Home by Douglas Wilson |
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| Her Hand in Marriage Biblical Courtship in the Modern World by Douglas Wilson |
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| How to Exasperate your Wife and Other Short Essays for Men by Douglas Wilson |
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| Standing on the Promises A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing by Douglas Wilson |
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| Keep your Kids How to Raise Strong Kids in an Age of Therapeutic Sentimentalism by Douglas Wilson |
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| Future Men by Douglas Wilson |
This is sermon number 14 from the series on Ephesians. It was originally delivered on January 15th, 2012 at Edgewood Baptist Church.
To listen to all of the Ephesians Sermons, click here or visit the Spotify page here.
I just finished reading Persuasions by Douglas Wilson. This little book reminded me a bit of something like an excerpt of Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan or from Pilgrim's Regress by C. S. Lewis. The style reminded me more of C. S. Lewis, but the setting could have been right out of the Pilgrim's Progress.
This book is a series of interactions between an individual named Evangelist, who is traveling toward The City of God and those he comes into contact with, who are headed the other direction, toward The Abyss. Each individual is representative of a particular persuasion which leads one to The Abyss. Evangelist will then, in each interaction, attempt to persuade them to change directions and head toward The City of God. The people he meets along the way are Randy (Immorality), John (Antinomianism), Janice (Feminism), Jack (Agnosticism), Reverend Howe (Empty Scholarship), Mark (Atheism), Robert (Election), Jim and Sarah (Marriage), Dorothy (Hypocrisy in the Church), Bill (Salvation and Sanctification), Miriam (Pantheism), Paul (Evolution), and Michael (Roman Catholicism).
I found it to be an enjoyable read, offering ideas for interactions as we also travel along the road to The City of God, meeting those headed to The Abyss.
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| Persuasions: A Dream of Reason Meeting Unbelief by Douglas Wilson |
There are currently 11 books that are free from Canon Press. These don't always stay free for long. Here is their current list of free Kindle books.
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| "Reformed" is Not Enough Recovering the Objectivity of the Covenant by Douglas Wilson |
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| For a Glory and a Covering: A Practical Theology of Marriage by Douglas Wilson |
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| Mere Fundamentalism: The Apostles' Creed and the Romance of Orthodoxy by Douglas Wilson |
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| Heaven Misplaced: Christ's Kingdom on Earth by Douglas Wilson |
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| Papa Don't Pope: Why I'm Non a Roman Cahtolic (and Why the Future is Protestant) by Douglas Wilson |
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| Persuasions: A Dream of Reason Meeting Unbelief by Douglas Wilson |
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| Joy at the End of the Tether The Inscrutable Wisdom of Ecclesiastes by Douglas Wilson |
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| Mother Kirk: Essays on Church Life by Douglas Wilson |
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| Against the Church by Douglas Wilson |
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| Easy Chair, Hard Words: Conversations on the Liberty of God by Douglas Wilson |
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| Untune the Sky: Occasional, Stammering Verse by Douglas Wilson |
Stock your Kindle.
Read some thought-provoking books instead of watching some mind-numbing entertainment.
Let me know what you read.
And then... Let's talk.
