Backward Mutters

Category: Books

  • Dawn Treader’s Conclusion

    The High School Dawn Treader’s finished the Voyage of The Dawn Treader last night at Panera. As always, I had a great time. Though I often drone on and on about Lewis, the Chronicles of Narnia have been very helpful as a source of illustration (as the congregation of GPC…

  • Summer Reading List, Part 2

    I’ve thought long and hard about this list. Firstly, I’d like to commend the works of C.S. Lewis. I am a Lewisian. The more I learn about him, his life, thought, and motivations, the more I am amazed. If you haven’t read any of his works, I’d commend any of…

  • Summer Reading List, Part 1

    I wish I could say I read as much as I esteem books. There are a number of types of books which I enjoy that range from instructional to escapist. I am not above a little mental diversion. In fact, I find that I’m often drawn to fictional works. C.S.…

  • Summer Reading

    There are lots of summer reading lists out there. Here’s one from Monergism Books: Monergism Books Readers’ Guide to the Christian Life . Here’s a list compiled by Dr. Frank Farrell of all-time great devotional books. They’re not listed in order of preference or popularity but rather the author’s last…

  • Which One?

    I was at Barnes and Noble in Matthews last night with my friend, Jim the writer, to hear Tim Keller and get my copy of The Reason for God signed. A good crowd turned out — a lot of RTS-ers, I gather. I saw some of the old crowd Mark,…