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Must Read

Revisado: 01-10-22

I cannot imagine a better book to read if one wishes to get their mind around the vexing and complicated USA history of abuse, moralism, piously-declared innocence, and self-fulfilling prophecies by which white communities cemented their political domination over black citizens in the latter years of the 19th C. Many of the political trends and attitudes here (exhaustively documented and cogently argued) are alive and well today, informing everything from current urban and labor policy to the white angst underlying support for the 45th US president. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

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Excellent Content, Poor Recording

Revisado: 10-28-21

This recording is incomplete. Chapters 7, 9 and the conclusion end mid-sentence. In other chapters, the sentences and phrases repeat accidentally. I would avoid this title until Audible fixes the recording.

The book itself, however, is excellent. Gay’s thoughts are clear and full of wisdom. He makes unassailable arguments about how white centering has damaged the Church and defamed the Gospel. This is a title every Christian…especially my fellow White Christians….should read.

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Set Your Heart Aright

Revisado: 04-27-21

Stott guides heart and head alike to Christ’s suffering, so that we both acknowledge His authority and learn to love Him for His compassion. Each paragraph is an antidote to poor thinking, yet at the same time this is no mere intellectual exercise. Stott instead shows a path to Christ’s painful and effective surgery for our heart, learning to love the One that can alone remove our bitterness, our insecurity, our pitiable self-love. Simon Vance’s cadence gives a warm and thoughtful presentation of this most valuable of books.

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Not Complex, But solid and timely.

Revisado: 04-06-21

Sauls leads us through what I wish were an over-familiar and wholly boring set of observations. But sadly, the very basic spiritual lessons here have been lost by evangelicalism, inc. This is theological milk, not meat. So it’s appropriate for those of us in the anglophone world 2021, a culture where even believers have lost their spiritual moorings and memory. The reading here is a bit soulless and slow. I listened at 1.5x and had no trouble keeping up.

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Excellent content, average narration.

Revisado: 02-14-21

The story du Mez gives is riveting and well-researched. The narrator seemed to be reading as dispassionately as possible, which would be difficult given the sometimes gut-wrenching content. Some mispronunciation of names (Ockenga, George Whitefield) was slightly distracting, but was tolerable.

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Careful, Incisive, Brilliant.

Revisado: 02-09-21

Holland argues clearly the oft-touted but less oft-demonstrated thesis that Western secularists rely on Christian assumptions about the world, even in their resistance to Christianity. The writing is a treat, even if the breathtaking pace does not always make historians happy. Excellent work, and a much-needed corrective to current cultural debates.

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