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really smacks you in the face

Revisado: 07-15-22

The theme of the book is very challenging to a white Christian like myself. I have often struggled to reconcile my own adherence to Christianity in the face of daily revelations of the church's complicity in, and often in support of, barbarism. I cannot count the times I've had Christ's words ring in my head, "These people worship with their lips, but their heart is far from me"
Equally, I have struggled with how the slaves, and later, the Jim Crow African Americans managed to maintain their faith to a religion that openly supported white supremacists, to a God that allowed white supremacy to continue.
The author addresses both of these questions admirably.
I also feel somewhat justified in my own belief that the gospel is only an opiate administered to the suffering to lessen their pain when it is preached without concrete works to end their suffering.
The narration was great as well.

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Very detailed, fully developed, thoroughly researc

Revisado: 04-07-21

Charles Lane does a super job of presenting this Massacre as not only a horrifying instance in American history but also as a groundbreaking legal precedent that has haunted our nation ever since. It was truly spooky to read the events and headlines of the reconstruction era and wake up daily reading the same in my morning paper. We've been here before. I wonder, are we going to kowtow to the supremacists again?

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Very enlightening book beautifully narrated

Revisado: 03-12-21

I picked this book so that I might improve my ability to empathize and speak to cancer sufferers. Suleika Jaouad does a beautiful job of painting the mind of a cancer patient on the front end and back side of treatment and all the places between. Additionally, her narration drifts through the treatise like a cool summer breeze. I honestly believe I could listen to her discuss building codes and be mesmerized.

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Good book for someone new to the faith

Revisado: 03-02-21

Most of what JI Packer discusses is a rehash of what has been said before. His explanation of why it was necessary for Christ to die on the cross was original and and made the whole book a worthwhile adventure.

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great narration and subject

Revisado: 01-08-21

super book for those seeking an authentic conversion to a very real and living Christ.

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paints a picture with words

Revisado: 11-10-20

Marilyn Robinson is wonderful wordsmith, the landscapes and emotions truly come alive within the pages of this book. if her mission was to highlight the humanity of Calvinists I would say, mission accomplished.

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solid guide for the seeking

Revisado: 10-16-20

well written and narrated, solid guide for the christian who seeks a closer relationship with Christ

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great biography told with Tozer's usual frankness

Revisado: 09-13-20

Great book about an enlightened man of God, written by an equally enlightened man of God. Tozer's matter of fact style of writing and vivid description of an inspired life is a stinging rebuke of the counterfeit faith that dominates the
modern church.

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very thought provoking

Revisado: 02-12-20

The concepts presented were to difficult to grasp through an audible book. I've got the print book on the way.

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Grace and redemption defined in a lifetime

Revisado: 06-13-19

the book started a little confusingly but quickly ensnared me in the life of a fallen priest. I would say more but I don't want to spoil the book for the next reader.

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