Book Notes

Book and Podcast Note: 1/24/2025 – Devotional Read The Windows – David Pavey

1/24/2025 – Devotional Read The Windows – David Pavey One of the pastors of my church, the Village Church of Shell Point, served in France as a missionary for several decades. In this podcast he tells of a tour of the cathedral in Chartres. He mentions Malcolm Miller the leader of the tour. Collette and […]

Book Note: Francis A. Schaeffer. How Should We Then Live.

Francis A. Schaeffer. How Should We Then Live. This book first came out in 1976 and has several reprints. It has been very influential in Evangelical theology. His wife Edith was raised in China by missionary parents. Her book is very helpful in understanding their work. L’Abri (New Expanded Edition) Paperback – Illustrated, April 28, 1992 […]

Book Note: Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden

Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden. St. Martin’s Press. 2024. This is a book that most of us need to read. It is an excellent overview of the presidents and, indirectly, gives insights into our current political situation: America has had presidents who: were lazy and […]

Books I will read in 2025

I will be reading these books in the next few months. I have found them in various places. I will post reviews of them on the blog as I read them. Thoughts on Digital Libraries in 2025 I recently read this post by Tim Challies. His library building plan is the same as mine. I […]

My Bible Reading and Study Plan for 2025

What Bible will I be using? I will be using the ESV translation. It is my choice for my private study. I will be using the wide margin edition to fit my notes in the text. ESV Single Column Journaling Bible There are also spiral bound editions but they are multivolume editions. In the one […]

Book Note: Books on Prayer

I have recently started reading a few pages daily from these four books on prayer. I’m trying to deepen the focus of my prayer time. James M Houston. The Transforming Friendship: A Guide to Prayer I believe this is the best book available on prayer. Dr. Houston is 101 years old and was one of […]

Book Note: Anne Applebaum

From Wikipedia: Anne Applebaum is an American journalist and historian. She has written extensively about the history of Communism. Applebaum also holds Polish citizenship. Applebaum won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 2004 for Gulag: A History. Applebaum was born in Washington, D.C. to a reform Jewish family,  In 1992, Applebaum married Radosław Sikorski, who later served as Poland’s Defense Minister, Foreign Minister, Marshal of the […]

Book Note: Rosaria Butterfield

Biography From her website: Rosaria Butterfield, a former tenured professor of English and women’s studies at Syracuse University, converted to Christ in what she describes as a train wreck. Her memoir, The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor’s Journey into Christian Faith (Crown and Covenant, 2012), chronicles her conversion. Rosaria is married […]

Books By J. Carl Laney

Carl and I worked together for 31 years when I was Library Director at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He taught courses in Bible and archaeology and led tours to the Holy Land. He was known for presenting a clear overview of the context and practical implications of the passages he taught. He is now […]