What Are You Reading Currently, 2.0

[CC1]

I just finished "Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself While the Rest of Us Die".

[houston]

Originally Posted by CC1

I just finished "Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself While the Rest of Us Die".

Borrowed from Esaias' library.

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by houston

Borrowed from Esaias' library.

lol

[votivesoul]

I finished 1 Corinthians in the NKJV and am in 2 Corinthians.

I decided to wait on The Latin New Testament. I was recently at my mom's and saw she owns a copy of Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Church by Frank Viola. I asked to borrow it, was granted permission, and am two chapters in.

Much in it are things I've already considered and thought about. One catch for anyone who might like to read it: There's a very BIG push in it to relate the Church and how it ought to meet to the doctrine of the Trinity and how each Person relates and interacts with one another. It's not a turn-off for me, as I can filter through it without much issue, but caveat emptor.

[Amanah]

Watching a DVD series from the Teaching Company

The Apocalypse:
Controversies and Meaning in Western History

by Professor Craig R. Koester
Professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/cours...n-history.html

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by Amanah

Watching a DVD series from the Teaching Company

The Apocalypse:
Controversies and Meaning in Western History

by Professor Craig R. Koester
Professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/cours...n-history.html

I was thinking about some of the Great Courses series, are they any good from what you've seen so far?

[Amanah]

Originally Posted by Esaias

I was thinking about some of the Great Courses series, are they any good from what you've seen so far?

my husband and I love them, we have invested quite a bit in them, we both love History, and he loves the Science courses.

This is my Favorite course, it may to too introductory for you Esaias, not sure.

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/cours...ern-world.html

[Amanah]

the preterist *left behind* series

Tyrant: Rise of the Beast (Chronicles of the Apocalypse) (Volume 1) Paperback – February 21, 2017
by Brian Godawa

Hatred of Christians is Nothing New
Ancient Rome, A.D. 64. Alexander, a young Jewish doctor, is torn between his loyal Roman citizenship and his passionate Jewish faith. As a personal physician to Roman Prefect Severus, he is ushered into the circle of the evil emperor Nero Caesar, a tyrannical beast with diabolical plans of Christian genocide.
Nero blames the Great Fire of Rome on the Christians, which leads to the horrific persecution of the early church including the martyrdom of the apostles Peter and Paul. Alexander finds himself in the middle of this madness, trying to stay alive and protect the Jews from the emperor’s paranoia.
Nero discovers that an unknown apostle has written a secret apocalypse scroll rumored to prophesy the destruction of Rome and the end of the world. So he orders Severus and Alexander to find the author, destroy all copies of his scroll and kill him.
But Severus’s servant, a bold Christian woman named Cassandra, holds a dark secret that opens the door to a world of spiritual warfare they’re not ready to face. It will lead them directly to the true meaning of the apocalypse, the book of Revelation, and it will change their lives forever.
Spiritual Warfare, Sword and Sorcery, Angels and Demons
The human story is not the only one in the book of Revelation or in this series. Chronicles of the Apocalypse shows the evil plans of Satan and his fallen angels the Watchers masquerading as gods of the nations at war. This gang of demons is not going down easily.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/19...KIKX0DER&psc=1

[n david]

Originally Posted by Amanah

the preterist *left behind* series

Tyrant: Rise of the Beast (Chronicles of the Apocalypse) (Volume 1) Paperback – February 21, 2017
by Brian Godawa

Hatred of Christians is Nothing New
Ancient Rome, A.D. 64. Alexander, a young Jewish doctor, is torn between his loyal Roman citizenship and his passionate Jewish faith. As a personal physician to Roman Prefect Severus, he is ushered into the circle of the evil emperor Nero Caesar, a tyrannical beast with diabolical plans of Christian genocide.
Nero blames the Great Fire of Rome on the Christians, which leads to the horrific persecution of the early church including the martyrdom of the apostles Peter and Paul. Alexander finds himself in the middle of this madness, trying to stay alive and protect the Jews from the emperor’s paranoia.
Nero discovers that an unknown apostle has written a secret apocalypse scroll rumored to prophesy the destruction of Rome and the end of the world. So he orders Severus and Alexander to find the author, destroy all copies of his scroll and kill him.
But Severus’s servant, a bold Christian woman named Cassandra, holds a dark secret that opens the door to a world of spiritual warfare they’re not ready to face. It will lead them directly to the true meaning of the apocalypse, the book of Revelation, and it will change their lives forever.
Spiritual Warfare, Sword and Sorcery, Angels and Demons
The human story is not the only one in the book of Revelation or in this series. Chronicles of the Apocalypse shows the evil plans of Satan and his fallen angels the Watchers masquerading as gods of the nations at war. This gang of demons is not going down easily.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/19...KIKX0DER&psc=1

Interesting.

One of my favorite Christian Fiction authors is Frank Peretti. I loved his books "This Present Darkness" and "Piercing the Darkness." If you haven't read them, I highly recommend it. Both tell the story of a small-town church and what is happening in the spirit world between angels and demons -- and the power of prayer to battle against evil.

[Amanah]

Originally Posted by n david

Interesting.

One of my favorite Christian Fiction authors is Frank Peretti. I loved his books "This Present Darkness" and "Piercing the Darkness." If you haven't read them, I highly recommend it. Both tell the story of a small-town church and what is happening in the spirit world between angels and demons -- and the power of prayer to battle against evil.

I have read and enjoyed Peretti.

I'm thinking about reading Tyrant: Rise of the Beast because it is interesting to see the popularization of preterism.
It's a book attempting to bring a different view of eschatology to the masses, if successful.