Forgotten God by Francis Chan

I have been passionate about books my entire life. In grade school, my teacher assigned a series of reports on the provinces of Canada. Each week, I wrote one report, and by the end of the term, I gathered them all, added a table of contents and a title page, and bound them with yarn….

Excerpts:“We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.”“There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God.”“We must trust God…

Excerpts:“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.”“The more you know and the better you understand, the more severely will you be judged, unless your life is also the more holy.”“What good is it to argue about the Trinity…

Summary Deep Reading: Practices to Subvert the Vices of Our Distracted, Hostile, and Consumeristic Age is a book co-authored by English professors Rachel B. Griffis, Julie Ooms, and Rachel M. De Smith Roberts. The book explores three major vices of the modern reading environment—distraction, hostility, and consumerism—and proposes a series of deep reading practices to help…

Excerpts:“Holiness is not a series of do’s and don’ts, but conformity to the character of God and obedience to the will of God.”“Our first problem is that our attitude toward sin is more self-centered than God-centered.”“God has made provision for our holiness, but He has given us the responsibility of using those provisions.”

Excerpts:“Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our day.”“You can’t follow Jesus in a hurry.”