Some people read Pilgrim's Progress annually and I can understand why. For me the book that captures my attention on an annual basis is "The Everlasting Righteousness" by Bonar. A sample:
"How may I, a sinner, draw near to him in whom there is no sin, and look upon his face in peace?... Man has always treated sin as a misfortune, not a crime; as disease, not as guilt; as a case for the physician, not for the judge. Herein lies the essential faultiness of all mere human religions or theologies. They fail to acknowledge the judicial aspect of the question as that on which the answer must hinge and to recognize the guilt or criminality of the evil-doer as that which must first be dealt with before any other answer, or approximation to an answer, can be given."
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I'm reading Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony for a second time and also America's Revolutionary Mind by C. Bradley Thompson for a second time. I'm marking up both books and planning to make some videos comparing what they are reporting about the history of ideas and what they are recommending about the future of the country. I am almost entirely in agreement with Thompson's views and almost entirely opposed to Hazony's (where they are distinct). I recommend reading Thompson's book. I would only recommend Hazony's as a case study in wrong-headedness. -Cody Libolt
Some people read Pilgrim's Progress annually and I can understand why. For me the book that captures my attention on an annual basis is "The Everlasting Righteousness" by Bonar. A sample:
"How may I, a sinner, draw near to him in whom there is no sin, and look upon his face in peace?... Man has always treated sin as a misfortune, not a crime; as disease, not as guilt; as a case for the physician, not for the judge. Herein lies the essential faultiness of all mere human religions or theologies. They fail to acknowledge the judicial aspect of the question as that on which the answer must hinge and to recognize the guilt or criminality of the evil-doer as that which must first be dealt with before any other answer, or approximation to an answer, can be given."
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I'm reading Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony for a second time and also America's Revolutionary Mind by C. Bradley Thompson for a second time. I'm marking up both books and planning to make some videos comparing what they are reporting about the history of ideas and what they are recommending about the future of the country. I am almost entirely in agreement with Thompson's views and almost entirely opposed to Hazony's (where they are distinct). I recommend reading Thompson's book. I would only recommend Hazony's as a case study in wrong-headedness. -Cody Libolt