April 1, 2011 Leave a Comment

Proof – Cavanaugh

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Jack reads selected passages
from his favorite books

Unscripted. Unrehearsed. Unedited. 


TODAY’S READING 

Proof, Bill Bright & Jack Cavanaugh, 2005. 

 

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 Dr. Bright did not live to see this book published. His wife, Vonette wrote to me, “Bill was so looking forward to this book and so excited about the privilege of working with you. Thank you for adding extra joy toward the end of his life. I know he is rejoicing from heaven.”

 

TODAY IN FROM MY LIBRARY:

An 1885 interview between a retired judge and young female news reporter sets the stage for a telling of the great prayer revival that swept across America prior to the Civil War.

 

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March 30, 2011 Leave a Comment

Paradise Lost – Milton

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Jack reads selected passages
from his favorite books

Unscripted. Unrehearsed. Unedited. 


TODAY’S READING
Paradise Lost, John Milton, 1674. 

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What in me is dark
Illumine, what is low raise and support;
That to the highth of this great Argument
I may assert Eternal Providence,
And justify the ways of God to men.
— John Milton


TODAY IN FROM MY LIBRARY:

Two monologues from Satan. The first, having been cast out of heaven, he surveys his new surroundings. The second, he spies on Adam and Eve while they sleep and formulates a plan.

 

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March 28, 2011 Leave a Comment

Beyond the Sacred Page – Cavanaugh

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Jack reads selected passages
from his favorite books

Unscripted. Unrehearsed. Unedited.


TODAY’S READING 

Beyond the Sacred Page,
Jack Cavanaugh, 2003. 

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It is Easter day and I am rejoicing in our Lord’s resurrection. I am also well into your book, Beyond the Sacred Page. It is excellent! 

— Dr. Bill Bright, Campus Crusade for Christ

TODAY IN FROM MY LIBRARY:

Meg Foxe, the wife of a man passionately pursuing the heretic William Tyndale, encounters the beauty and power of the Tyndale New Testament translation.

 

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March 25, 2011 Leave a Comment

Glimpses of Truth – Cavanaugh (3)

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Jack reads selected passages
from his favorite books

Unscripted. Unrehearsed. Unedited. 


TODAY’S READING 

Glimpses of Truth,
Jack Cavanaugh, 1999
(Part 3 of 3)

 

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What readers are saying about Glimpses of Truth—
     “When I finished your book, I looked up at all the Bibles on my shelves and wept.”

 — Bookstore Owner, MI

Today’s episode:

A humorous scene in which Bishop Pole, an exhuberant dinner guest, explains his theology of eating. Also, Jack reveals the enormous monetary price people once paid to own a Bible.

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LISTEN to episode 2 of this series

 

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March 23, 2011 Leave a Comment

Glimpses of Truth – Cavanaugh (2)

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Jack reads selected passages
from his favorite books

Unscripted. Unrehearsed. Unedited. 


TODAY’S READING 

Glimpses of Truth,
Jack Cavanaugh, 1999
(Part 2 of 3)

 

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 In his BOOK OF BOOKS series, Jack Cavanaugh places people into their historical settings to interact with one another in events that are larger than life . . . . He is an outstanding practitioner of the writer’s craft, portraying details of flesh-and-blood people caught up in the canvas of sweeping events that are far beyond them. — Dr. William E. Nix, Co-author of A General Introduction to the Bible

Today’s episode:

The scriptorium in Lutterworth where Wycliffe Bibles were handprinted. And Jack reveals the source of inspiration for many of his titles, including Glimpses of Truth.  


LISTEN to episode 1 of this series

LISTEN to episode 3 of this series

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