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The book evaluates and sometimes disparages communists, fascists, nationalists, and early Christians. Part of Hoffer's thesis is that movements are interchangeable and that fanatics will often flip from one movement to another. Furthermore, Hoffer argues the motivations for mass movements are interchangeable: religious, nationalist and class-based movements tend to behave in the same way and use the same tactics, even when their stated goals or values are diametrically opposed.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_True_Believer

 

Just finished "Chosen by God" - R C Sproul
Almost finished with "The Potter's Freedom" - James White
Just started "Ordering Your Private World" - Gordan MacDonald
Certain Chapters in "Philosophy Classics" - SparkNotes

 

Well, Rev, I was about to compliment you on your familiarity with Eric Hoffer's work until I discovered that you posted the quote above from the Wikipedia article without enclosing it in quotation marks or using the quote box. That was an unfortunate choice.

Tim Reynolds

 

Not unfortunate at all since I provided a link. That is sufficient enough

 

Stealing God's Thunder by Philip Dray.

This biography of Benjamin Franklin deals with Ben as a scientist and does not dwell on him as a politician/diplomat. His attempt to control the 'electricity of the heavens' caused great controversy. Preachers attacked him for trying to 'steal God's thunder' as one said in a sermon. His greatest invention was the lightning rod which over the years has saved untold numbers of buildings. In Europe Franklin was considered the greatest scientists of his era. Some attacked the lightning rod as conducting electricity into the ground and causing earthquakes.

 

I recently finished One Minute After You Die by Erwin Lutzer. It was pretty good.

I'm now reading Your Money Counts, by Howard Dayton. It is very convicting and good. It basically teaches biblical principles about money.

 

Army Life in a Black Regiment by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

The story of the 1st South Carolina, the first Black Regiment in the Union Army during the Civil War. Higginson was their commanding officer.

 

Queen Isabella : Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England by Alison Weir.

No English queen has drawn more ire or been more vilified than Queen Isabell. She was the daughter of the King of France and was married to Edward II when she was 12 ... not an uncommon occurrence at that time in history. Later she fled from Edward and took up with Edward's greatest enemy, Baron Roger Mortimer. Together they raised an army and attacked Edward.

 

The Grand Inquisitor

Fyodor Dostoevsky

 

I stopped reading Left Behind serie, i was a little fed up, the last i read was Nicolai, maybe i'll start again some day.

A book to learn Harmonica

I'll probably continue reading a biography about John Wesley i started some time ago.

 

Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World--Joanna Weaver.

The beginning was fabulous and exactly what I needed to read. The middle is a little dry, but I'm hoping for a good ending. I would recommend it to others.

 

Israel and the Church by Ronald Diprose.

This is a semi-scholarly treatment of Replacement Theology from a pre-mil perspective. Compelling, informative and complete.

 

The Genesis Record by Henry M. Morris

 

Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultry, and Murder in Medieval England

No English queen has drawn more ire than the vilified Queen Isabella. Married to Edward II when she was 12 the marriage was to forge peace between her native land, France, and England. It did not work out that way.

 

Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church by D.A. Carson

 

The Hidden Value of a Man by Gary Smalley

 

A.W. Tozer "The Pursuit of God." Dr. Henry Morris "The Long War Against God."

 

The Three Musketeers. It's one my daughter picked up at the library.

 

"lectures to my students" By Spurgeon..... expect to finish in 2011....:laugh::applause::wavey:

 

The Fulfillment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's by Mildred Cable.

Mildred Cable was a missionary sent to China by the China Inland Mission. She wrote a number of books about her experiences there and all are worth reading. This book deals with the work in Hwochow, Shanxi, China.

Chapter 1 begins:

You can download the book from http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27243