6 - Last book you read and thoughts on it

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I’m actually ploughing through three different books at the moment.  For my quiet times I’ve been going through “Romans: The Heart Set Free” by Gordon Ferguson, which has been absolutely amazing because it’s leaning more into Christian apologetics.  When you’re dealing with the book of Romans—which is my favourite book of the Bible by the way, due to its meaty content—it’s hard to simply skim over it.  It’s absolutely gratifying to dive deep into each verse and chapter and see, with the proper context, what Paul really meant.  I was so happy that Dad got an Apologetics Bible that I could read along side it to get an even meatier perspective.

I’ve also been unable to really put down “Reaching for the Invisible God” by Philip Yancey.  I can’t even begin to tell you the beautiful things I have come to understand about God by daring to read this book.  I tried a couple of months ago to read it and felt like I was spiralling into more and more despairing and doubting thoughts.  Obviously there are books that need to be read at the right time to really make an impact on you and I had to be at a certain maturity where I wasn’t insecure about my own relationship with God to fully appreciate the new perspectives that Philip gives about God as the Father, as the Son and as the Holy Spirit, as well as share his own spiritual journey.  I’m still only two thirds of the way through it—I will be sad when I get to the end—but it has already made great changes in my life.

For my recreational reading, I’m still going through the serials in “The Best of Sherlock Holmes” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  I think I said months ago that I started on this book and due to moving, finishing uni applications, hanging out with friends and family and falling asleep when my head hits the pillow at night, unfortunately I have made little progress.  Least I’m a quarter of the way through it.  What’s terrible about reading this collection is that, because there is no consistency in me reading through this particular style, I constantly have to re-train myself to understand it :P  However when I do get into the stories, it is greatly satisfying.  In reading more and more of the serials I have come to back the idea that Hollywood greatly exaggerates everything.  There really was not that much action in the stories.  They were exciting because of the people and the situations they found themselves in, most especially in the way Holmes manages to solve seemingly impossible cases. Not so much in what Holmes and Watson did by way of fighting and chasing carriages and ‘bad guys’ across London.  Nevertheless, a great collection from a master storyteller :)

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