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What to do with your Stimulus Money? Buy Books of Arminian Theology, of Course.

March 26, 2021 David Lytle 2 Comments Arminian, Books, John Piper, Keith Stanglin, Literature, Reading, Robert Picirilli, Roger Olsen, Stimulus, Thomas McCall, Thomas Oden, Timothy Tennent

Use your stimulus money wisely. Buy these five books on Arminian theology.

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Rambling Ever On Ranks The Chronicles of Narnia

January 29, 2021 Staff 6 Comments Books, C.S. Lewis, Fantasy, Fiction, Literature, Prince Caspian, Ranking, Reading, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Horse and His Boy, The Last Battle, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Magician's Nephew, The Silver Chair, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

We attempt the impossible: Ranking “The Chronicles of Narnia” from best to worst.

Literature Reviews

Four Fantastic Biographies I Read This Year

December 31, 2020 Gowdy Cannon 3 Comments Biographies

Four Christians Worth Knowing

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“If There Be Any Virtue” – The Mid-Week Spotlight

October 14, 2020 Phill Lytle 2 Comments Aaron Sorkin, Alan Cumming, Alex Kingston, Apologetics, Auralia's Colors, Books, Elizabeth Reaser, Fantasy, Felicity Huffman, Film, Greg Koukl, Jeffrey Overstreet, John Heard, Josh Charles, Literature, Lois Smith, Movies, Ned Beatty, Peter Krause, Sports Night, Sweet Land, Television, The Story of Reality, Theology, Tim Guinee

You can find truth, beauty, and joy just about anywhere.

500 Words or Less Literature The Five

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – and the Beauty of Friendship

July 6, 2020 Nathan Patton 1 Comment Brave, Cake, Charlie Mackesy, Courage, Friendship, Giving Up, Graphic Novel, Help, Honest, Love, Ordinary, Sketch, Strength, The Boy, The Boy the Mole the Fox and the Horse, The Fox, The Horse, The Mole, Weakness

May we all have friends like the boy, the mole, the fox, and the horse. No, may we all BE friends like them. Both, maybe? … Cake!

Literature The Five

Inspiration from The Green Ember

June 19, 2020 Nathan Patton 5 Comments Action, Anger, Commonplace Book, Ember Falls, Emma Joveson, Healing, Heather Longtreader, Hope, Jealousy, Picket Longtreader, Rabbits, S.D. Smith, Selfishness, Smalden "Smalls" Joveson, The Green Ember, Truth, Whittle Longtreader, Wilfred Longtreader, Wisdom

The Green Ember series has been meaningful to me in both the original context in which it was written and my personal context of the current events of 2020.

Film Literature The Five

How Hobbits Teach Us Courage

May 8, 2020 Phill Lytle 2 Comments Aragorn, Bilbo Baggins, Courage, Dwarves, Elves, Ents, Frodo Baggins, Gandalf, Gimli, Hobbits, J.R.R. Tolkien, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Merry Brandybuck, Middle Earth, Peregrin Took, Pippin Took, Samwise Gamgee, Second Breakfast, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, The Two Towers, Wizards

“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”

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500 Words or Less Review: “Where the Crawdads Sing” (Spoiler Free)

February 24, 2020 Gowdy Cannon 2 Comments Delia Owens

The Kind of Story That Stays With You

Literature The Five

Five Reasons You Should Read “The Chronicles of Narnia”

February 14, 2020 Phill Lytle 3 Comments Aslan, Books, C.S. Lewis, Children's Literature, Fantasy, Narnia, Prince Caspian, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Horse and His Boy, The Last Battle, The Lion, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Magician's Nephew, The Silver Chair, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

There are hundreds of reasons to read “The Chronicles of Narnia.” Here are five.

Literature Theology

I Am Fatty Bolger, and That Is Okay

February 12, 2020 Phill Lytle 6 Comments Contentment, Discontentment, Fatty Bolger, Frodo Baggins, J.R.R. Tolkien, Samwise Gamgee, The Lord of the Rings

Overcoming discontentment by understanding the unique role we each have to play.