Ing’s Blog

Through my work I get to take an Apologetics class in January.  The course work includes reading 3 books and 7 articles, completing 7 two page worksheets and writing a 5 – 9 page paper.  Anyone who knows me can attest to the fact that this is not my forte.  Don’t get me wrong, I love to read, but having to discuss it and write about what I read is another thing altogether.  Also, I want to say that my job is not forcing me to take this class.  It was offered at a good price and I thought that taking the class would help me in my faith.  So far, the reading has done that.

The first book I read is called A Reason For God by Timothy Keller. Wow, this book is really good, 5 stars.  If you are looking for a good book that can answer difficult questions regarding Christianity, I recommend this one.  Also, I HIGHLY recommend his other book The Prodigal God.  I’d also give this book 5 stars.  In fact, read The Prodigal God first.

Now, the second book I just finished, and well…out of 5 stars I am being nice in giving it 3 stars. It’s entitled 6 Modern Myths about Christianity and Western Civilization.  Probably one reason I didn’t like it was the frequency the author would say, “I will go into further detail on that topic in the next chapter.”   Now, that’s not a direct quote, but close enough.  It annoys me when an author gets to something that I think is interesting and then says, “but I’ll talk about that later.”  Pretty much his writing style was extremely difficult for me to follow.  Also, the introduction was 26 pages.  I know, I know, I am a wimp.  There are tons and tons of books out there with much longer introductions and I shouldn’t be complaining, but hey, I did anyway.  On the other hand, the author educated me on quite a bit.  I never took philosophy in college – on purpose.  So, I had to look a lot of things up as I read.  He made me think more about what I have readily accepted as fact, but quite possibly is a myth.  So, that’s why I give it 3 stars.

The third book I haven’t read yet, but I hope to start tomorrow.   It’s called I’m Glad You Asked.   I just hope I don’t have to participate a lot in class.   It’s hard for me to remember last week much less these books that I’m reading.

All in all, though, I am looking forward to it.   It’s good to read things that are higher than a 5th grade reading level occasionally