A Beginner's Christian Bookshelf
Happened to stumble across this list of good books that every well-informed Christian should attempt to read.
http://www.yale.edu/ygcf/various/bookshlf.html
One reason why the church is struggling to make any sort of intellectual and cultural impact in society (beyond simply duplicating existing trends) is because we are very impoverished when it comes to loving God with our minds.
As Bertrand Russell once quipped, "Most Christians would rather die than think—in fact they do". In my opinion, he was spot on. Living in the 21st century, we seemed to have forgotten that the history and heritage of Christianity is one that has constantly challenged cultural assumptions, demolished ideological strongholds and transformed societies. Instead, we are now caught up with all sorts of fads and fairy tales, taught to us by less-than-credible writers. I visited a booksale recently and gosh, you wouldn't believe how rotten thousands of books out there in the market are.
Sigh...
http://www.yale.edu/ygcf/various/bookshlf.html
One reason why the church is struggling to make any sort of intellectual and cultural impact in society (beyond simply duplicating existing trends) is because we are very impoverished when it comes to loving God with our minds.
As Bertrand Russell once quipped, "Most Christians would rather die than think—in fact they do". In my opinion, he was spot on. Living in the 21st century, we seemed to have forgotten that the history and heritage of Christianity is one that has constantly challenged cultural assumptions, demolished ideological strongholds and transformed societies. Instead, we are now caught up with all sorts of fads and fairy tales, taught to us by less-than-credible writers. I visited a booksale recently and gosh, you wouldn't believe how rotten thousands of books out there in the market are.
Sigh...
posted by Benjamin Ho at
7:02 AM
3 Comments:
I sigh with you bro, but look on the bright side, we get to buy the goo books cheap cause they couldnt sell them for so long!
that's not really the case... because it seems that good books like these don't often find their way to lousy sales...the point though is that too many of us are caught up with all these nonsense, thereupatic-style theology that we miss out on the Christian treasures.
true, good books don't usually appear at sales. Book stores often bring in limited copies (usually 1-3 copies, esp. the more expensive/thick & not-so-popular but very insightful ones).
Most Christians don't read.They just appear in Church on Sundays(if they happen to be free!).Most Christians only visit Christian book shops to buy bibles.With few people buying, book stores may bring in less books in the futrue.So, we end up with a smaller variety! sigh...
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