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300 (Zack Snyder, 2006)
BY: Denis Haack
Don’t all young adults dream of heroism? Of finding themselves at some point of destiny and responding with a courage they hoped they had within them, but could never be sure until such a moment?
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Callings: Twenty Centuries of Christian Wisdom on Vocation (William C. Placher, 2005)
BY: Denis Haack
Callings is a rich resource, especially for those of us who do not have easy access to a large university library. Here in one volume is Justin Martyr, Athanasius, and Augustine; Bernard of Clairvaux, Aquinas, and Thomas á Kempis; Martin Luther, John Calvin, and William Perkins; Sren Kierkegaard, Dorothy Sayers, Karl Barth, and so many more.
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A Faithful, Messy Purity
BY: Denis Haack
There is a difference between keeping ourselves pure, and keeping ourselves aloof from a broken reality. It’s a huge difference. The first is courageous; the second, arrogant.
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A Merer Christianity
BY: Preston Jones
For a long time I found it perplexing that some of the most politically chaotic regions of the world are also places either where Christianity has been strong for some time or is now growing rapidly.
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A Minute of Margin: Restoring Balance to Busy Lives (Richard A. Swenson, M.D., 2003)
BY: Denis Haack
Richard Swenson is a medical doctor who left his practice in order to research, write, and lecture on stress, overload, and margin.
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A Practical Method of Bible Study for Ordinary Christians
BY: Denis Haack
Ransom Fellowship places such a high emphasis on Bible study and on training in study skills. We encourage believers to plan rigorous and disciplined study into their schedules and to include regular times of corporate study, since the Scriptures are addressed to the people of God.
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A River Runs Through It (Robert Redford, 1992)
BY: Russell B. Ramsey
I am a child of the 70’s and 80’s. Yet this film did something profound that really shook something inside me awake. And it is still awake.
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A Sacrifice of Praise: An Anthology of Christian Poetry in English from Caedmon to the Mid-Twentieth Century (James H. Trott, 1999)
BY: Denis Haack
One way to immerse yourself in poetry is with a good anthology. This anthology is one that all Christians should consider adding to their libraries .
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A Stick Becomes the Staff of God: Reflections on Faithfulness in the Ordinary & the Routine
BY: Denis Haack
The seven sons of Sceva, we're told in Acts 19, attempted an exorcism only to be cast out themselves. Impressed with the Holy Spirit's empowering of the apostles, they tried to get in on some of the action.
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A Tale of Two Parties: The 300th Birthday of Jonathan Edwards
BY: James W. Roland
In recent decades, Jonathan Edwards has enjoyed a revival among Christians and non-Christians; many have come to recognize him as one of the most significant figures in American religious and intellectual history.
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The fine arts are five in number, namely: painting, sculpture, poetry, music, and architecture, the principle branch of the latter being pastry.
- Maria-Antoine Careme
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
- Johann Wolfgang Von
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Reading Oswald Chambers, yesterday, he writes, "Spiritual muddle is only made plain by obedience. Immediately we obey, we discern." Seems awfully close to Ransom's credo, "developing discernment, deepening discipleship." Sometimes I put it this way: moral commitment precedes epistemological insight. We always do live out of our hearts: we see and hear and feel out of our hearts.
Steven Garber
Ransom Board Member
(for Denis & Margie)
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