bits and pieces

 

 

A few books I enjoy:

“If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants. ” Sir Isaac Newton

 

  • Desiring God: John Piper
  • -Live Life on Purpose: Claude Hickman
  • -The Sovereignty of God: A.W. Pink
  • -The Pleasures of God: John Piper
  • -Radical Reformission: Mark Driscoll
  • -Don’t waste your life: John Piper
  • -Pursuit of God: A.W. Tozer
  • -All of Grace: Charles Spurgeon
  • -Journey of Desire: John Eldredge
  • -Confessions: St. Augustine
  • -Horse and His Boy: C.S. Lewis
  • -Freedom and Boundaries: Kevin Deyoung
  • -Ragamuffin Gospel: Brennan Manning
  • -A Grief Observed: C.S. Lewis
  • -Penses: Blaise Pascal
  • -Bondage of the Will: Martin Luther
  • -God is the Gospel: John Piper
  • -The Cost of Discipleship: Dietrich Bonfoeffer
  • -Table Talk: Martin Luther
  • -How Then Shall We Live: Francis Schaeffer
  • -Let the Nations Be Glad: John Piper
  • -Normal Christian Life: Watchman Nee
  • -Disciplines of a Godly Man: Kent Hughes

 

Music and Musicians:

“Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.” –Martin Luther

 

  • -Caedmon’s Call
  • -Matt Kearney
  • -Casting Crowns
  • -Frank Sinatra
  • -Tenth Avenue North
  • -Bob Marley

 

Heros:

” Heros are made in the culture of the cross. Otherwise, all we have are celebrities.” -David Boyd

 

  • -John Piper: For speaking truth even when it hurts and loving even when it feels good.
  • -Martin Luther: For listening to God, not man.
  • -Jim Elliot: For teaching me how to prepare and discipline myself for the Lords service.
  • -St. Cyprian: For listening to critics, but never changing for them.

 

Art:

“Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.”

 

  • -Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn: He had many hidden meanings in his work along with blatant hidden details. His art is fun and exciting.
  • -Vincent Van Gogh: Along with the many fans, I enjoy how his art makes me feel so eerie and so calm all at the same time.
  • -Francesco Clemente: He is one of the few living artists that I really respect. His paintings are very odd yet not weird. You have to admire that.

 

Movies:

“Far more than any other influence, more than school, more even than home – my attitudes, dreams, preconceptions and preconditions for life had been irreversibly shaped five and a half thousand miles away in a place called Hollywood.” – David Puttnam, producer of Chariots of Fire.

 

  • -Big Fish: A story teller and his son. Some people write stories and others tell them. Both people live life twice.
  • -Second hand Lions: Two men teach us that a life worth living, is one that others won’t believe happened.
  • -Shadowlands: Through the life of C.S. Lewis we see a very unique, yet beautiful love story.
  • -Luther: When faith, bravery, and wit come together- you get Luther.