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Thoughts on Christian Suffering – Conclusion
This is a personal post to share something important to me. It is not intended as a sermon / instructional essay. I just pray it brings help to anyone going through a similar journey. Back in 2018, I reviewed Open Heart by Elie Wiesel and, in the same post, expressed my frustration to understand the… Read more >>
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Quoting Kierkegaard – Works of Love, Fear and Trembling, and More
For nonfiction books, I’ll be going over specific topics, starting with my beloved Soren Kierkegaard collection. These are just some first impressions of his writing, without any in-depth analysis or philosophical/theological context. Later down the road I’d like to give a better overview, but since I appreciate his writing so much already, I couldn’t resist… Read more >>
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Obscure Books You Can Read Right Now – Project Gutenberg Randomness
We’re surfing the web again…this time looking at some obscure novels and memoirs from Project Gutenberg. Read more >>
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“O brave new world, that has such people in ’t!”
As promised…Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is all kinds of cray-cray. Basically it starts out with an average guy named Bernard who is unhappy in the hedonistic, manufactured, drugged-up society he lives in. Unlike Orwell’s 1984, conformity in this world means a continual stream of carnal self-indulgence, and if you don’t fall in line, you… Read more >>
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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