What Are You Reading Currently, 2.0

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by Strict Baptist

Let me read it before my daily scripture review. After reading it, I can understand the motive. I do have the Racovian Catechism of the Socinians, that though akin to Oneness doctrine, you likely would abominate the zenith of schism. I'm quite cautious to read anything, notably from the occult, in any great depth.

I've been reading the Racovian Catechism. It is no more akin to Oneness than to trinitarianism. The Catechism asserts that Christ is called God by metaphor, as other men are called gods, by a derivative of their authority among men. It also asserts the triune formula in baptism is commanded, although denying the three are three persons in one Deity. It actually says "we are to be baptized in their joint names."

[votivesoul]

Genesis in the NKJV is going well. Finishing up with the Joseph story. Proverbs for the ESV, and Joshua in the NLT. About half done, there. Still reading Tozer's The Purpose of Man. The first two chapters were losing me, but it picked up in depth and quality, and so, I decided to keep going.

Also started reading The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World by Sophia Dembling.

These last two are short, quick reads. Not sure what I will dig into next. I'm thinking either Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Dr. Atul Gawande or Jordan B. Peterson's 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote for Chaos.

I've been watching a lot of Dr. Peterson's videos and clips. I recommend him to all. He's got some very interesting views on life, psychology, sociology, religion, and etc. He's like a veritable think-tank rolled up into one person. Very good, stuff, in my opinion.

[Scott Pitta]

Signs and Wonders by Mary Woodworth-Etter.

Trying to wrap up the Harry Morse biography. No useful data in the book for my project.

[votivesoul]

I recently finished Tozer's The Purpose of Man. It was simply okay. There were a few bright spots, but mostly it felt like a rehash of things everybody already knows. But, he wrote this decades ago, so I suppose it's possible it was very fresh at the time he wrote it.

I decided to start reading The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible by Dr. Michael S. Heiser. You can read more about it at the hyperlink embedded.

So far, he's doing a very good job at talking about the Hebrew term elohim and its many nuances of meaning and application within the OT. I'm liking what I'm reading. It's not very original as of yet, but it's still on point.

[votivesoul]

Recently finished Genesis in the NKJV. In Exodus now.

For a recommendation, if you are a history buff, especially interested in 1st century Roman history, try The Battle That Stopped Rome by Peter S. Wells:

http://books.wwnorton.com/books/The-...-Stopped-Rome/

The previously untold story of the watershed battle that changed the course of Western history.

In AD 9, a Roman traitor led an army of barbarians who trapped and then slaughtered three entire Roman legions: 20,000 men, half the Roman army in Europe. If not for this battle, the Roman Empire would surely have expanded to the Elbe River, and probably eastward into present-day Russia. But after this defeat, the shocked Romans ended all efforts to expand beyond the Rhine, which became the fixed border between Rome and Germania for the next 400 years, and which remains the cultural border between Latin western Europe and Germanic central and eastern Europe today.

This fascinating narrative introduces us to the key protagonists: the emperor Augustus, the most powerful of the Caesars; his general Varus, who was the wrong man in the wrong place; and the barbarian leader Arminius, later celebrated as the first German hero. In graphic detail, based on recent archaeological finds, the author leads the reader through the mud, blood, and decimation that was the Battle of Teutoburg Forest.

While there is no glorification of the violence, the descriptions of it are sometimes a bit hard to take.

[Pressing-On]

One Needful Thing (Relationship or Religion, Your Choice Book 2)
Bishop C.M.Wright

"Making this book into a series was done to aid the reader. The subject matter of this material is so intense and convicting at times that it is much easier to handle in smaller doses. I BEG OF YOU TO CONSIDER AND REMEMBER, DEAR READER, that I have only one goal in the writing of this material: To give the Lord an opportunity to present Himself to you and then invite (may I say even call) you to participate in or grow deeper in a genuine, personal, intimate relationship with Him."

https://www.amazon.com/Needful-Thing...RSW1ZBTGS023CP

[MawMaw]

The Book of James, currently.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by votivesoul

Recently finished Genesis in the NKJV. In Exodus now.

For a recommendation, if you are a history buff, especially interested in 1st century Roman history, try The Battle That Stopped Rome by Peter S. Wells:

http://books.wwnorton.com/books/The-...-Stopped-Rome/



While there is no glorification of the violence, the descriptions of it are sometimes a bit hard to take.

Roman history is a bit sketchy, and hard at times to follow. Arminus isn't as heroic as one is led to believe. His own brother Flavus (who was facially disfigured from battle) hated his brother. Flavus fought for Rome, and was loyal to Rome. Arminius was an opportunist, and a tad smarter than those around him. He would end up assassinated when everyone got wind of his true intent to be their king. They threw off one tyrant, they weren't looking for another. Yet, Rome reached all the way to China, and probably to the Americas (which I believe everyone in the ancient world stopped by at one time or another) Colonisation is what Rome was about, because she was an empire. She followed the game plan from Alexander. Which was conquer, and then offer all the great stuff you posses. Which is trading with the entire empire. Nothing changes, only now the United Empire of America offers "democracy" but with it comes McDonald cheeseburgers, women's liberation, and porn.

[votivesoul]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

Roman history is a bit sketchy, and hard at times to follow. Arminus isn't as heroic as one is led to believe. His own brother Flavus (who was facially disfigured from battle) hated his brother. Flavus fought for Rome, and was loyal to Rome. Arminius was an opportunist, and a tad smarter than those around him. He would end up assassinated when everyone got wind of his true intent to be their king. They threw off one tyrant, they weren't looking for another. Yet, Rome reached all the way to China, and probably to the Americas (which I believe everyone in the ancient world stopped by at one time or another) Colonisation is what Rome was about, because she was an empire. She followed the game plan from Alexander. Which was conquer, and then offer all the great stuff you posses. Which is trading with the entire empire. Nothing changes, only now the United Empire of America offers "democracy" but with it comes McDonald cheeseburgers, women's liberation, and porn.

There's a lot of set-up that goes into establishing the current Roman state at and leading up to the time the battle took place, before descriptions of the battle occur in the text. Once that portion of the book is out of the way, most of the rest, that deals with the actual battle, is drawn from very recent excavations and archaeological finds in the Teutoberg forest.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by votivesoul

There's a lot of set-up that goes into establishing the current Roman state at and leading up to the time the battle took place, before descriptions of the battle occur in the text. Once that portion of the book is out of the way, most of the rest, that deals with the actual battle, is drawn from very recent excavations and archaeological finds in the Teutoburg forest.

Doesn't the entire story come from the writings of Tacitus?

Does the book give accounts from other ancient historians?