Christianity in Crisis by Hank Hanegraff
A theological discussion of Faith Movement, which Hanegraff describes as "cultic". It lamblasts some big names in Christianity like Kenneth Copeland and Benny Hinn. From the quotes that I've seen so far, there doesn't appear to be any doubt that these teachings are heretical. However, I certainly know how some quotes can be taken out of context. If anyone reading this has experience with the teachings of Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, or anyone else in the Faith Movement, I would be interested in talking to someone who has first-hand knowledge.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Snowcrash (Audiobook) - Finsihed
Snowcrash by Neal Stephenson
This is an interesting book. It is pretty blatantly anti-Christian. Or, more specifically, anti-pentecostalism. It stylizes "speaking in toungues" as a neuro-linguistic virus that infects the human "software" (i.e. the brain). However, I do not yet know to what end. As this is an audiobook, I am only 'reading' it while running. And I haven't run in about a week.
3/19/07 - Finished it last night. Ended rather abruptly. Not much denounment. But, all-in-all, a fairly good geek/quasi-cyberpunk novel. The exciting part is that now I can load up some podcasts on my shuffle to listen to while running. I've really been looking forward to hearing RC Sproul's Renewing Your Mind podcast on a regulkar basis.
This is an interesting book. It is pretty blatantly anti-Christian. Or, more specifically, anti-pentecostalism. It stylizes "speaking in toungues" as a neuro-linguistic virus that infects the human "software" (i.e. the brain). However, I do not yet know to what end. As this is an audiobook, I am only 'reading' it while running. And I haven't run in about a week.
3/19/07 - Finished it last night. Ended rather abruptly. Not much denounment. But, all-in-all, a fairly good geek/quasi-cyberpunk novel. The exciting part is that now I can load up some podcasts on my shuffle to listen to while running. I've really been looking forward to hearing RC Sproul's Renewing Your Mind podcast on a regulkar basis.
Here I Stand : A Life of Martin Luther
Here I Stand : A Life of Martin Luther by Roland H. Bainton
I bought this off of Amazon with the hope that my children may be interested in reading it. Both of my older boys are voracious readers, but tend to stay in the fantasy setting. A teacher once recommended that we turn them onto biographies. Seems like a good idea to me.
But, this book is not really attactive to younger readers. The text is small, uses an older font (Times New Roman, I beleive) and was first published in 1955.
So, I'm going to read it instead. I have always had an interest in reading biographies of the great theologians. Martin Luther, Thomas Aquanias, Augustine. Hopefully this will only be the first.
I bought this off of Amazon with the hope that my children may be interested in reading it. Both of my older boys are voracious readers, but tend to stay in the fantasy setting. A teacher once recommended that we turn them onto biographies. Seems like a good idea to me.
But, this book is not really attactive to younger readers. The text is small, uses an older font (Times New Roman, I beleive) and was first published in 1955.
So, I'm going to read it instead. I have always had an interest in reading biographies of the great theologians. Martin Luther, Thomas Aquanias, Augustine. Hopefully this will only be the first.
Quicksilver - Finished
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
This is the first in a trilogy of historical fiction from the author of one of my favorite books, Cryptonomicon. This Trilogy, The Baroque Cycle, seems to follow the fictional ancestors of the fictional characters of Cryptonomicon. However, it also includes many historical figures of note, including Newton, Leibntz, Hooke, and members of English and French royalty in the late 17th century. However, despite such lumiaries as Newton and Leibniz, the book does not focus on mathematics, but on the development of finance.
It's a long book, and it feels like a long book. However, there are flashes of the elegantly 'geeky' writing that I enjoyed so much from Cryptonomicon.
Updated 3/12/07
So I finished it last night. As I feared, the book was written to be the first in a trilogy. Hence, there was no real attempt to wrap up the plotlines into another even approching a conclusion. Also, many of the plotlines seem to have no impact on the characters, which begs the question, are they important? Could those sections have possibly been removed from this 900-page tome and saved a tree or two? All in all, there are quite a few other things in my To-Read list, so I doubt that I will be pciking up The Confusion, the second book in the Baroque Cycle, anytime soon.
This is the first in a trilogy of historical fiction from the author of one of my favorite books, Cryptonomicon. This Trilogy, The Baroque Cycle, seems to follow the fictional ancestors of the fictional characters of Cryptonomicon. However, it also includes many historical figures of note, including Newton, Leibntz, Hooke, and members of English and French royalty in the late 17th century. However, despite such lumiaries as Newton and Leibniz, the book does not focus on mathematics, but on the development of finance.
It's a long book, and it feels like a long book. However, there are flashes of the elegantly 'geeky' writing that I enjoyed so much from Cryptonomicon.
Updated 3/12/07
So I finished it last night. As I feared, the book was written to be the first in a trilogy. Hence, there was no real attempt to wrap up the plotlines into another even approching a conclusion. Also, many of the plotlines seem to have no impact on the characters, which begs the question, are they important? Could those sections have possibly been removed from this 900-page tome and saved a tree or two? All in all, there are quite a few other things in my To-Read list, so I doubt that I will be pciking up The Confusion, the second book in the Baroque Cycle, anytime soon.
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