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52 Powerful Essays Mixing Faith, Apologetics, and Devotion Author: Ravi Zacharias In The Logic of God Ravi Zacharias provides 52 three to four page essays, each focused on a particular question by combining devotion, theology, and apologetics. This swift book works as the center of Ravi’s faith and draws together his arguments into a succinct form (probably best read, as he advises, one essay a week) that triggers deep introspection and love of God while prompting readers to further investigate their questions and attitudes. The book has no central theme, other than (obviously) God and Christianity, and although it has some interesting introductory [...]

An American Serial Killer, a Confession, and a Sociopath's Thoughts on Justice Authors: Thomas E. Gaddis and James O. Long "In my lifetime I have murdered 21 human beings. I have committed thousands of burglaries, robberies, Larcenys, [sic] arsons and last but not least I have committed sodomy on more than 1,000 male human beings. for all of these things I am not the least bit sorry. I have no conscience so that does not worry me. I don’t believe in Man, God nor devil. I hate the whole damed [sic] human race including myself." ~ Carl Panzram These sentences, scrawled [...]

Post-War James Herriot's Memoir Author: James Herriot The fourth memoir in James Herriot's cozy memoir series follows his adventures as a Yorkshire vet both pre and post-World War II and starts with James' life significantly advanced. Siegfried and Tristan are already wed, having moved on with their lives, Tristan at a new job for the Ministry and Skeldale house empty as the three friends follow their own separate, occasionally intersecting, lives as couples and parents. It's a quick turn-about, massive amounts of time and details we'd love to know (who are Siegfried and Tristan's spouses, how did they meet, what [...]