“If this robust three-fold mode of reading happened naturally and was common today, we would not need the book you’re holding in your hands. But in reality we often don’t read this way.”The book (which, truth be told, you are unlikely to be holding in your hands while you read this here review) is Come and See: The Journey of Knowing God through Scripture. While the author Jonathan Pennington doesn’t frame his book this way, Come and See reads like an appendix to an excellent book I have … [Read more...] about How To Read The Good Book
Jonathan Pennington
Plato, Aristotle, and Jesus
Quiz: Name the five most influential philosophy books in Western Civilization. Go ahead, make your list. Don’t worry if you are not an expert in the history of philosophy. Just name the five most influential philosophy books of which you have heard. There are a lot of viable candidates for that list of five. The number of possible lists is vast. But there is one book that, while it should be on everyone’s list, would show up on very few lists unless mentioned in advance. What is this … [Read more...] about Plato, Aristotle, and Jesus