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The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.
-- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831)
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What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives, acts, and experiences otherwise than we do�
-- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
The infinite resignation is the last stage prior to faith, so that one who has not made this movement has not faith; for only in the infinite resignation do I become clear to myself with respect to my eternal validity, and only then can there be any question of grasping existence by virtue of faith.
-- Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
-- Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.
-- Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
-- Tertullian (200 A.D.)
Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we leave him no place for troubling our consciences with trifles. We are conquered if we try too conscientiously not to sin at all. So when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to.
-- Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.
-- St. Augustine (354 - 430)
God became human that humans might become God.
-- St. Athanasius (296-373)
The end is always like the beginning: and, therefore, as there in one end to all things, so ought we understand that there was one beginning; and as there is one end to many things, so there spring from one beginning many differences and varieties, which again, through the goodness of God, and by subjection to Christ, and through the unity of the Holy Spirit, are called to one end, which is like onto the beginning.
-- Origen (185-254)
Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.
-- Martin Heidegger (1889-1976)
This one thing is wisdom, to understand Logos as that which guides the world everywhere... There is a Logos that exists forever and is universal, but men fail to comprehend it. All things come about in accordance with this Logos.
-- Heracleitus (540 BC - 480 BC)
It is both necessary to say and think that being is: for to be is possible, and nothingness is not possible.
-- Parmenides (510 BCE)
It is quite evident that existence can no more be separated from the essence of God than the fact that its three angles equal two right angles can be separated from the essence of a triangle, or than the idea of a mountain can be separated from idea of a valley. Hence it is just as much of a contradiction to think of God (that is, a supremely perfect being) lacking existence (that is, lacking a perfection), as it is to think of a mountain without a valley.
-- Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.
-- David Hume (1711-1776)
A man should remind himself that an object of faith is not scientifically demonstrable, lest presuming to demonstrate what is of faith, he should produce inconclusive reasons and offer occasion for unbelievers to scoff at a faith based on such ground.
-- St. Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274)
We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact.
-- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
-- Douglas Adams (1952-2001)
Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.
-- J.K. Rowling (1965-)
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Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire by Brian J. Walsh and Sylvia C. Keesmaat
A contextual study of Colossians which emphasizes the empire-subverting message underlying the text. 256 pages.
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
The first in the "Inheritance" trilogy, Eragon is the story of Eragon, a young man who is unknowingly the last of the mythical Dragon Riders. 528 pages.
Slaughterhouse - Five by Kurt Vonnegut
One of the seminal works in American literature. Penetrating critique of war and human personality. 224 pages.
The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is by N.T. Wright
An historical/contextual examination of the content and cost of Jesus' message. 202 pages.
The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
A killer is on the loose, and he kills with remarkable congruence to the horrific scenes from Dante's "Inferno." It is up to a group of Dante scholars to stop the murders. 400 pages.
The Debt: What America Owes Blacks by Randall Robinson
A compelling argument for reparations. 272 pages.
The Historian: A Novel by Elizabeth Kostova
Thrilling historical novel about a father and daughter's search for the mysterious truth about Vlad Dracula. 642 Pages
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther by Roland H. Bainton
Concise, yet thorough exploration of the life of the great Reformer. 302 Pages
Black Religion and Black Radicalism: An Interpretation of the Religious History of African Americans by Gayraud S. Wilmore
Historical/theological analysis of the roots, development and present nature and form of black religion in America, as well as its intricate ties with black radicalism. 241 Pages
The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story by Craig G. Bartholemew & Michael W. Goheen
A brief summary of the whole of Scripture, from beginning to end, using the foil of "narrative" to unify the biblical message. 213 Pages
Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America by Lerone Bennett, Jr.
A penetrating, though somewhat biased examination of the history of blacks in America from "Before the Mayflower" to the present context. 713 pages
Discourse on Free Will by Desiderius Erasmus
A brief explication of Erasmus' understanding of the role of the human will in salvation. Strikingly "Wesleyan" in tone and form, this work prompted Martin Luther's most systematic work, The Bondage of the Will. 120 pages.
The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity by Philip Jenkins
Well researched and powerfully insightful, Jenkin's offering envisions the "face" of the spread of Christianity in the new global reality. 220 pages.
The Way to Heaven: The Gospel According to John Wesley by Steve Harper
A brief, non-technical overview of the major themes of John Wesley's teachings. 151 pages.
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
The second part of the "Inheritance" trilogy, Eldest follows the continuing adventures of Eragon as he seeks to fulfill his destiny as a Rider. 668 pages.
The Golden Age of Black Nationalism, 1850-1925 by Wilson Jeremiah Moses
A well-written examination of the various people, movements and circumstances concerning black nationalism in the United States. 271 pages.