The O-Files

For I [God] have chosen him (Abraham), that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.

So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry [...]

Most of these are old friends.

Republocrat by Carl Trueman. Really enjoyed it when I read it last year. Rereading because I promised SharperIron a book review.

The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway. Since I’m revisiting the Lost Generation (although I refuse to attempt Tender Buttons) I figured a [...]

Breif update. I have finished The Wild Iris, An Experiment in Criticism, and The Pearl. I continue to work through The Chronological Bible and The Complete Husband. I have begun Till We Have Faces. I need to spend more time reading.

Back to the rundown.

Phantastes by George MacDonald. This probably [...]

I was reading Job in my Chronological Bible and was startled by the similarities in the quote below to what is often referred to as the Prosperity Gospel.

21: Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
22: Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay [...]

God be in my head, and in my understanding;
God be in mine eyes, and in my looking;
God be in my mouth, and in my speaking;
God be in my heart, and in my thinking;
God be at mine end, and at my departing.

~from the Sarum Primer, 1558

By now y’all know how this works.

The Pearl by John Steinbeck. I really feel like I’ve done my time with the Lost Generation crowd (which I understand Steinbeck wasn’t really in, but I always group them together anyway), but I picked this up at the library for my sons, and Joe read it [...]

I enjoy Robert Bly. He’s not my favorite poet, although he’s written some very good poems. But I’d say he is my favorite reader. I think it’s that grandfatherly voice–accepting, encouraging, admonishing.

You can hear him here and here.

A tease from the second link:

Our good life is made of struts
And paper, like those [...]

Yes, I purposely made the title as confusing as possible. Continuing on.

Knowledge of the Holy by A. W. Tozer. I think my dad had this book in his library before he heedlessly dismantled it. One of several I ignored in my philistine pursuits, despite the once easy access. It or he [...]