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Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin

The Nature of Sin Author: Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. In modern society, our tendency is to concentrate on the positive and brush the negative under the rug. We’ve been taught that to “see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil” is the way to banish such evil, but is this rose-tinted view realistic? Cornelius Plantinga argues that our self-deception is a path towards destruction, and that to understand and receive grace, we must first acknowledge sin and the devastation it brings. Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be is a surprisingly refreshing book in that it acknowledges what we all [...]

2024-12-27T09:58:16-07:00December 27th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , |

Blood Thirst

A Thirst for Revenge Author: L.A. Freed Angela was attacked and now she is dying in her hotel room. Technically, she should be dead already. The attacker drained her blood and threw her into a river. She is pale and cold and in extreme pain. She isn’t sure what is happening, and she lingers been the desire to die and end the pain and her own stubbornness to fight through it, find her attacker, and get her revenge. Then a stranger shows up at her door and offers her a choice. She can die, or she can come to him, sacrifice [...]

2024-12-25T13:53:40-07:00December 25th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , |

Bird Box

Our Minds Have Ceilings Author: Josh Malerman Malorie’s world is collapsing. She is pregnant and single, living with her sister, trying to piece together the next steps. She doesn’t have time for the weird news stories, the sweeping paranoia, the plague of people going mad, becoming homicidal. She doesn’t have time for the apocalypse, until it comes to her door, and she is left alone, pregnant, and terrified. There is only one common thread, one thing everyone can agree on. Before the madness overtakes you . . . you see something. No one knows what that something is, but it seems [...]

2024-12-24T16:08:49-07:00December 24th, 2024|Tags: , , , |
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