"The abnegation of reason is not the evidence of faith, but the confession of despair."
- J.B. Lightfoot
Friday, June 18, 2004
Reviving a meme borrowed from my cousin a couple months back . . .
1. Grab the closest book.
2. Turn to page 64.
3. Find third complete sentence.
4. Print sentence in comments here or on your own site (a trackback would be nice).
Here's mine, from Christopher Hall's Learning Theology with the Church Fathers:
We perhaps are on the right track here, particularly because if we describe God's nature itself as unbegotten and begotten, we end up with "contradictory essences, which is impossible."
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Comments on "Book Meme Redux":
2. Rob T.
- 06/18/2004 9:58 am CDT
Designing Websites For Every Audience by Ilise Benun:
Download speed is important, but since this site is all about product, the company decided to sacrifice those users with dial-up connections (for them it will be slow but worth it) in favor of a higher-quality display
That's an exciting read!
3. The Elfin Ethicist
- 06/18/2004 10:02 am CDT
It is a fun little exercise, offering bloggers the coveted opportunity to wear their literacy on their sleeves. I'll gladly go around once more. The Orient was itself bearer of an ancient and complex polyglossia....
6. Shrode
- 06/18/2004 10:39 am CDT
"Show toddlers how to put their hands together in prayer, bow their heads, and close their eyes."
From "Tippy Towers and Boo Blankets: Bible Play for Tiny Tots" by Group publishing.
7. John O.
- 06/18/2004 12:14 pm CDT
From John: The Maverick Gospel (Revised Edition)
Therefore, myth and objective truth are mixed in early Christian literature.
8. Manders
- 06/18/2004 12:35 pm CDT
The Holy Bible, New International Version:
"But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground."
Book of Exodus, chapter 4, verse 9. Nice.
9. Bill
- 06/18/2004 2:25 pm CDT
Cos!
Man, another reason to like you - you use NetBeans?! NetBeans goes hard.
Also - Beavis/Jared, he said "module", not "nodule" - but I'm not sure your geek-quotient is high enough to know the diff :-)
10. Chris
- 06/18/2004 5:47 pm CDT
Well, my book stack has been rearranged since I followed suit a few hours ago, so . . .
We are asking them to believe that what is painful will relieve their pain and that what looks dangerous is their only safety.
From Reaching For the Invisible God: What Can We Expect to Find? by Philip Yancey.
11. TulipGirl
- 06/19/2004 6:17 am CDT
Hey--what happened to page 23?
Anyway, I just pass this up. Last time we did this I went around for days checking each book.
"And perhaps nowhere are we more challenged to walk by faith more than in disciplining our children."
--Heartfelt Discipline, Clay Clarkson
(Which I actually had to grab off the nearest bookshelf, since the desk is cleaned off. But it's the only one on that shelf I've picked up lately. . .)
12. John Adams
- 06/19/2004 5:15 pm CDT
From Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest":
"Then he turns and walks away.";"0
13. John Adams
- 06/20/2004 9:02 am CDT
Finally, something you can participate in!
14. Sherry
- 06/20/2004 12:31 pm CDT
The Complete Works of Shakespeare. Merry Wives of Windsor happens to be on page 64.
"Well, what is your accusative case?"
I don't have a clue what the characters in the paly are discussing.
16. Misty
- 06/21/2004 10:29 am CDT
"Yes, since faith alone suffices for salvation, I need nothing except faith exercising the power and dominion of its own liberty." Martin Luther by John Dillenberger, this particular section from Luther's Freedom of a Christian
19. Rebecca
- 06/25/2004 11:10 am CDT
When an elderly member donates a piano to the church in memory of her deceased husband, the auditorium is rearranged and the worship program is adjusted to accommodate the new equipment. "Spiritual Leadership" by Henry Blackaby.
It's in the chapter entitled "The Leader's Vision" and it's talking about "Resource-Driven Vision." The point being: (page 64 ~ 5th sentence) Rather than the resources serving the churches, the churches become enslaved to the resources.
20. Fr. Daniel
- 06/27/2004 7:02 pm CDT
Thou art worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices,
O Son of God, O Giver of Life,
and to be glorified through all the worlds.
Phos hilaron from the Book of Common Prayer
Therapy by Johnathan Kellerman. I just started it the other day and haven't even gotten to page 64. However...