{"id":18440,"date":"2024-10-25T11:12:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T16:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=18440"},"modified":"2024-12-29T11:15:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T16:15:54","slug":"book-review-a-christian-reading-manifesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=18440","title":{"rendered":"BOOK REVIEW | A Christian Reading Manifesto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5138aZqUF3L._AC_UL330_SR330330_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5138aZqUF3L._AC_UL330_SR330330_.jpg 330w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5138aZqUF3L._AC_UL330_SR330330_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/5138aZqUF3L._AC_UL330_SR330330_-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the greatest gifts that my Mom ever gave me and my siblings was to cultivate and nurture a love of reading.  She made sure we always had books.  As a single mom of three kids, she likely relished the time that we were all quietly reading!  David Steele, in his work, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Christian-Reading-Manifesto-Resurgence-Learning\/dp\/B0DHH2LW8H\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=18AR5RPHSVQR5&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.F7qQcufN415GBMdjdB6In5TChiOFpqTImHTyM3qwUtuAN7f3mPL7ZjmXO5JCYWCCJKpNa_5a817HxrErNVqmrRU_uGgOBF7pbgFfT14cAgK_0a6WdxTN-6dMWsUo-VQsiLL2q64lP9-Zi3P14drk1SqYfdqzDmKiNrX-HRzHAiMmsZS8365WL7qg8HJnIZK_1IsHtjaz4KOlfcFJ_xTdxC_zTK8wTwwjRerxJgsArys.7n8MPVXzTix559mhXwMRLHprDur9AHKNTMbXYTTTJD8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=david+s+steele&amp;qid=1735488860&amp;sprefix=david+s+steele%2Caps%2C126&amp;sr=8-1\">A Christian Reading Manifesto<\/a><\/em>, helps the reader see the urgency of being readers&#8230;and readers of the right things.  One of the most helpful things that we can ask one another as Christ-followers is &#8220;what are you reading these days?&#8221;.  I&#8217;m so thankful for the people who regularly ask me that probing question&#8230;what I read influences how I think and how I think influences what I do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I highlighted several things while reading and have posted those notes below&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>J. P. Moreland argues, \u201cIf we are going to be wise, spiritual people prepared to meet the crises of our age, we must be a studying, learning community that values the life of the mind.\u201d p. 28<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cYour words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of hosts\u201d (Jer. 15:16). p. 30<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We must implement key habits in our pursuit of godliness. A line from the United States Armed Forces is instructive: &#8220;Training is the Army\u2019s top priority; it prepares us to fight. As leaders, our sacred responsibility is to ensure that no soldier ever dies in combat because that soldier was not properly trained.&#8221; Like a soldier in need of training on the battlefield, every Christian needs to develop habits that help cultivate a godly life. p. 49<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We must reorient our minds around things that truly matter. p. 77<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As a word-centered people we must learn to prize language in a visually-dominated world. If our hearts prioritize images over language, our hunger for books will erode. TONY REINKE p. 92<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the greatest gifts that my Mom ever gave me and my siblings was to cultivate and nurture a love of reading. She made sure we always had books. As a single mom of three kids, she likely relished the time that we were all quietly reading! 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