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Archibaldo
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| Posted 7/23/2003 9:04 AM (GMT -6) |   | Hello, i'm new to the board (obvious by post count). I'm a bible college student graduating in December who is looking for catalyst to newly formed study initiative. Finally understanding the importance of knowing God's word, and its implications extremely well, i am looking for books that will greatly increase my knowledge and my motivation. Keep in mind that though some passion is there now, dry books and old commentaries may easily squelch that fire. Looking for books to start out with, not learn all with. Thanks for any help.
God Bless,
Nate
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Tom
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| Posted 7/23/2003 9:12 AM (GMT -6) | | Hi Nate-
Nice to have you on board. Hope you enjoy the site and learn a lot.
What area of study are you interested in? What's your major?
Tom 
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Archibaldo
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| Posted 7/23/2003 9:20 AM (GMT -6) | | I am a Pastoral Studies Major with a youth ministries minor. Currently i am interning at Woodland Hills with the youth department. I'm interested in most fields of study. Fairly well grounded with debate issues. History of the old and new testament and understanding life at that point in history is a downfall in my education right now.
Nate
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Blood Washed Heretic
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| Posted 7/23/2003 9:20 AM (GMT -6) | | As a fellow Bible college pre-grad (classroom work finished, currently on internship), I definitely resonate with your desires. Since you've stumbled across Greg Boyd's site, try his stuff first. I'm currently reading LETTERS FROM A SKEPTIC, with GOD OF THE POSSIBLE on deck. LETTERS is one of the most fascinating apologetic reads out there, containing real-life correspondences between Doc Boyd and his (formerly) agnostic father. Good, good stuff. POSSIBLE serves as a basic introduction to and defense of Open View Theism, one of the "hot button" issues in Evangelical theology today. Check out the Raging Debate forum if you don't believe me...
Apart from Doc's work, I'm a rabid C. S. Lewis fan, and some of his more engaging theological/philosophical works include MERE CHRISTIANITY, THE GREAT DIVORCE, THE WEIGHT OF GLORY, MIRACLES, and THE PROBLEM OF PAIN. Brilliant, yet easily accessible.
Beyond all that, I urge you to read widely on a broad range of topics from all sorts of perspectives. There's plenty of stuff out there in the areas of theology, philosophy, Biblical studies, etc. to keep a hungry disciple fed for a lifetime.
If you want to chat more on this, let me know... I LOVE BOOKS!!!
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Blood Washed Heretic
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| Posted 7/23/2003 9:23 AM (GMT -6) | | OK, so you are definitely familiar with Greg... I'm so embarrassed. Anyway, Lewis still rocks and I would still love to chat with you more on this...
Carefully removing foot from mouth... Got it.
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Archibaldo
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| Posted 7/23/2003 9:24 AM (GMT -6) | | Blood, Thanks for your quick reply. I've actually already read letters, possible and god at war by the doc. Mere christianity is one of my favorites, haven't read any of lewis' other stuff though. Thanks for that advice.
God Bless,
Nate
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Eli
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| Posted 7/23/2003 9:25 AM (GMT -6) | | C.S. Lewis' SCREWTAPE LETTERS is also an amazing read. I just picked it up last Friday and finished it Monday. Both entertaining and convicting :).
"...it is fools, they say, who learn by experience. But since they do at least learn, let a fool bring his experience into the common stock that wiser men may profit by it." -C.S. Lewis
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Blood Washed Heretic
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| Posted 7/23/2003 9:38 AM (GMT -6) | | No problem Nate. I was thinking more about stuff in Biblical studies, and a very short list came to mind:
Wright, KNOWING JESUS THROUGH THE OLD TESTAMENT
Yancey, THE BIBLE JESUS READ
Anything else by Yancey
And if you're ever looking more into Christian spirituality (my specialty), here's a longer list:
Ortberg, THE LIFE YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED
Foster, CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE
Tozer, THE PURSUIT OF GOD
Manning, THE RAGAMUFFIN GOSPEL
Nouwen, IN THE NAME OF JESUS
Cymbala, FRESH WIND FRESH FIRE
Baker, SOUL KEEPING
Wiersbe, REAL WORSHIP
Murray, WITH CHRIST IN THE SCHOOL OF PRAYER
OK. I'll cut it off there... hope to talk to you more around these crazy boards.
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DLW
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| Posted 7/23/2003 9:48 AM (GMT -6) | | I'd suggest reading Gary Dorrien's "The Remaking of Evangelical Theology", which is notable since it is the only history of evangelicalism that has been written by a non-evangelical.
I had a link where I posted from it a while back.
I also like Stanley Grenz's book "Renewing the Center".
dlw
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Archibaldo
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| Posted 7/23/2003 9:55 AM (GMT -6) | | well bwh, looks like i've read more than i thought.
Ragamuffin Gospel is a book i also hight recomment, life you always wanted was required for my ra training, in the name of jesus was a book report (cause of its size) and celebration of discipline was a book for class. Made sure to keep not of those i hadn't read yet.
dlw: thanks for those books. I'll be on the lookout.
anyone have any ideas on enjoyable reads about the ancient greece and rome? or a good way to get an understanding of all the wars famines and kings throughout the old testament?
God Bless,
Nate
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DLW
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| Posted 7/23/2003 10:02 AM (GMT -6) | | Alister McGrath does some excellent work as does Mark Noll.
A controversial read would be Haught's "God After Darwin".
Robert Fogel in "The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism" gives an interesting perspective on how Evangelical Christianity is perceived by a non-Christian, he is a reformed jew who has been quite secular for much of his life and an economic historian.
dlw
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Cuntry! Varrrrrrrybaadfuryur
Cuntry!
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¡Que Payaso!
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| Posted 7/23/2003 6:02 PM (GMT -6) | | Nate,
An outstanding OT history from an evangelical/conservative perspective is E. H. Merrill's Kingdom of Priests (Baker, 1987). Some of the chronology stuff might be dry, but the rest is not, and he places the OT in its ANE context very nicely by relating OT events to contemporary, political situations.
As for Rome, check out
It's cheap, full of nice pictures, and although it's a guide to historical monuments, you will pick up a lot of history along the way. Plus, it does open with a brief historical overview. Rome: A Guide to the Eternal Cithy (Barnes & Noble, 2000, $15).
Payaso 
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