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The Best Christian Books of All Time

The Best Christian Book of All Time: One Year Later

February 13, 2014 by Micheal Hickerson 4 Comments

About a year ago, we announced our call for nominations for the Best Christian Book of All Time, and you —our readers —responded with great enthusiasm. From a nomination pool of over 140 worthies, we first narrowed the bracket to 64 contenders, voted out lesser lights (such as Luther, Calvin, Chesterton, Aquinas —I hope they make something of themselves some day!), and crowned our winner: Augustine's Confessions, the Best Christian Book of All Time.[1] You may have heard of the runner-up, a short tract by C.S. Lewis … [Read more...] about The Best Christian Book of All Time: One Year Later

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Best Christian Books of All Time Review Series: Knowing God Pt. III

June 6, 2013 by John Hundley Leave a Comment

Several weeks ago I left you with the second installment of my review of J.I. Packer's Knowing God, one of the works that made it onto ESN's March Madness bracket,  The Best Christian Books of All Time. As I said then, this book has greatly impacted the way I see and live in the present world. I'm far from being able to say that I've got this life under wraps (and I hope I never think I do), but Packer's words have led me to question and wrestle with many “wrapped” beliefs that I would've probably left inside that worn, … [Read more...] about Best Christian Books of All Time Review Series: Knowing God Pt. III

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Best Christian Books of All Time Reviews: Knowing God, Pt. II

April 25, 2013 by John Hundley 5 Comments

Last week I wrote the first part of what will be a several-part review of J.I. Packer's Knowing God.   This week I'm going to take a look at the remaining chapters of Part I before moving on and moving through a bit of Part II. Knowledge and Idolatry Chapter 3, "Knowing and Being Known," deals more directly with the distinction between knowledge  about  and knowledge  of (which I highlighted in last Thursday's post).  I like to call the former "factual" and the latter "intimate."  Concerning the latter, Packer … [Read more...] about Best Christian Books of All Time Reviews: Knowing God, Pt. II

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