What are you currently reading?

[cricket55]

I think they have a Dummies for just about anything.

[Wishing4]

Reading Book 4 in the People of the Ark Series (People of the Tower). It's been a good ride, and I'm happy he got my money. I am really cheap and it has to be a really good book for me to spend $5 each.

We are forecast to have bad weather tomorrow, so I plan to hang out and read (I have tomorrow off).

Thanks for mentioning these. I'm now on book two and really enjoying them.

[Acts5:41]

Good! I suggested them to Mom, too.

[icebear]

still on the Indigo series, such interesting (though secular) books. but i only get so many solid blocks of time to read, i have not read it for about 5 days

[Wishing4]

Good! I suggested them to Mom, too.

Lots of action and adventure. I love thinking about what their lives would have been like.

[RaptureReady_7]

I just finished Ron Rhodes, Prayer To The Living God: Bringing Heaven's Power To Your Problem's. A pretty sound book on praying.

I just started Michael Yousef's, "When The Crosses Are All Gone".

[RaptureReady_7]

I think they have a Dummies for just about anything.

Yep, I have "Hebrew For Dummies".

[24thchance]

This book "Covenant of the Torch " by Abraham Park is an outstanding work That reveals many Bible nuggets and angles one does not normally think of.

Three bad points:this man is slightly Calvinistic and mentions Calvin 3 times in this book.On page 19 he states"Jesus Christ paid the ransom for all sinners whom God had predestined according to His plan for redemption"--Of course this is not true--Jesus died for all sinners,not just for the elect.Another possible error is that I believe Phinehas was a third unmentioned Biblical character besides Joshua and Caleb Numbers 25:7,25:11,31:6,Joshua 22:13,31,32,Judges 20:28-the author does not mention this--though I may be wrong on this point.The author also does not mention the 11th and 12th plague named in Psalm 78:47-48.The 3rd error (page 196) is where the author thought Moses was given special vision by God to see all the way to Dan from the top of Mt.Pisgah(altitude 5,400 feet) because the human eye cannot see that far.Fact in my home town Chicago one can see 50 miles on a clear day from the top of Sears tower--Height 1,353 feet

However here is a man who prays 2 hours a day and reads his Bible 3 hours a day.(page 11)and has read his Bible through 100,s of times since his calling(page306)I need this mans wisdom which is enormous,just keep his Calvinistic ideas in mind as you read because they rarely come into play in this book.
Where do I start ??--1st he has a map of all 42 times the Israelites camped,later in the book (page 151) he describes each of these 42,what they did while there and any significance of it.Some color pictures are included ,and also a nice foldout of Abraham,s genealogy.
Bible nuggets--wow here are some I found:

1.Issac was still alive at the time of Joseph,s disappearance and may have consoled Jacob.
2.Jacob after reconciling with Esau did not keep his word to God about returning to Bethel but bypassed it and went to Shechem with the entire Shechem slaughter coming up,he should have kept his vow and went to Bethel.
3.Benjamin was about 24 years old when Jacob moved to Egypt.
4.What if the Egyptians would have continued to treat the Jews kindly--the results
5.The Jews left Egypt in Martial array,like the military would do in formation--(Harnessed--KJV word)(not as a mob as shown on tv shows like the 10 commandments)
6.The speed of the wind needed to part the Red sea--240 mph
7.All 42 campings of the Jews mapped out and detailed (as I said earlier)
8.The pillar of fire gave coolness in the desert by day due to the cloud,Fire to warm them at night.
9.The congregation were ready to stone Joshua and Caleb for bringing a good report of the promised land.
10.Caleb was descended from Esau
11.Did Jesus come from the tribe of Judah or Joseph? or both (page 26412.
12.The fate of the tribes of Simeon and levi due to the Shechem disaster and how to lift a curse by Jacob(page 325)
13.Gold/silver received by the Jews leaving Egypt amounted to 321,501,000 $$,divided by 400 yearscomes to 803,000 a year--God always pays what is owed--Amen
14.How many generations passed b4 they returned to Canaan ? 4 or 8--the author explains.
Plus much more I did,nt record--if you are looking for depth in wisdom concerning Spiritual matters especially concerning Old testament Patriarch--GET THIS BOOK

[24thchance]

Wow for 1 cent plus shipping you can have this book at Amazon.---In it you will grow up with John as he is rebellious,curses and drinks with his buddies and creates problems for everyone in his family,refuses to do chores and bums around in his home town of Bedford.--Travel with him as he joins the army and nearly gets killed several times and where he gets his 1st gospel witness.---Enjoy the romance of falling in love with a beautiful young lady who loves the Lord and is John,s 2nd witness.---Watch him get married and have kids,and having the heartbreak of his 1st child born blind.---Experience with him his roller coaster ride of emotions toward God as he struggles with his faith.---Listen and watch as Pastor Gifford leads John to Christ as watch John explode in his faith.---Read his numerous books(pilgrims progress) and other pamphlets he writes and revises while in prison(4 years)---Hurt with him as he,s jailed numerous times for refusing to stop preaching the gospel even under pain of prison.---See his children grow up and not follow John,s example for Christ and fall into deep sin.---See John in his mid 50,s as he travels on his horse during a severe downpour of rain on a cold day,feel for him as he gets sicker and sicker and finally dies--what a great man of God.I can,t wait to meet him someday.

[24thchance]

This Tyndale New Testament from Amazon was easy to read and had up to date word translation thanks to David Daniell.I compared my KJV memory verses to this Bible and found out a few things.
One,most of the verses are the same although Tyndale changes some words like babble instead of vain repetition,ministered instead of added,I have pleasure in mercy instead of I will have mercy,I saw their thoughts instead of knowing their thoughts,etc.
Second,a few places I thought the Tyndale was better than the KJV and a few places Tyndale was not quite correct compared to the KJV.
The location of the books in the New Testament are different in Tyndale,s Bible than in the KJV so watch out.
A glossary is included in the front as well as a long introduction by David Danielle giving a brief history of the English Bible and Tyndale and his life in particular.

If you are looking for a different Bible than the King James,but do not like how the modern versions change scripture,you will be well pleased with this work.After all Tyndale did all this himself on the run from authorities and actually giving up his life for this translation,while the KJV had many men working on it,had the Kings blessings and was politically motivated.I recommend this work highly

[Tall Timbers]

Just finished The Green Hills of Snowdonia Series: From Across the Ancient Waters, The Treasure of the Celtic Triangle by Michael Phillips and am starting Damascus Countdown by Joel Rosenberg which I got from the local library. Guess I'm a little late to the Damascus Countdown party, eh?

[Acts5:41]

24th, I'm dying to know your book budget.

[pattyabma]

Just read all three of Joel Rosenberg's series of books. Really good.