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Douglas Wilson

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P.G. Wodehouse, H.L. Mencken, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesteron

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I write in order to make the little voices in my head go away. Thus far it hasn't worked. ...more

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	Reforming Marriage: Gospel Living for Couples 4.32 avg rating — 2,423 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Future Men: Raising Boys to Fight Giants 4.33 avg rating — 2,054 ratings — published 2001 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ploductivity: A Practical Theology of Tools & Wealth by Douglas Wilson (Goodreads Author), Rebekah Merkle (Foreword) 4.48 avg rating — 1,587 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Children Matter 4.55 avg rating — 1,483 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing Life 4.47 avg rating — 1,290 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning 4.13 avg rating — 1,253 ratings — published 1991 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evangellyfish: A Novel 3.93 avg rating — 1,216 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Her Hand in Marriage: Biblical Courtship in the Modern World 4.06 avg rating — 1,166 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Standing on the Promises: A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing 4.40 avg rating — 939 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ride, Sally, Ride 4.26 avg rating — 897 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Makers of History: Nero: Makers of History

by Jacob Abbott

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Douglas Wilson said: " Here is a newly released biography of Nero for students in Christian schools or in homeschool. First in a forthcoming series, this book is the first open door to a series of fantastic educational opportunities. Before I say more, let me bring in old Here is a newly released biography of Nero for students in Christian schools or in homeschool. First in a forthcoming series, this book is the first open door to a series of fantastic educational opportunities. Before I say more, let me bring in old Martin for some sturdy observations.

"When schools flourish, things go well and the church is secure . . . God has preserved the church through the schools. They are the preservers of the church. Schools don't have a beautiful appearance, and yet they are very useful" -- Martin Luther

As a pastor, I would much rather preach to people who are biblically literate than those who are not. I would much rather pastor people who have had the advantage of a Christian education than those who have not. This is not because the preliminary work is begrudged -- it needs to be done and done gladly. But when churches and schools are in partnership, the schools do a lot of the necessary spadework first. And this means that those who are responsible to see to it that sound doctrine is pervasive in the Church have a much easier time of it.

Nero was a dirtbag of the highest order, but he was the emperor when much of the New Testament was being written. A student who reads this biography is going to be gathering the kind of information that Christians in the first century had gleaned from their "newspapers," and which enabled them to understand what the apostles were telling them -- far more accurately than we often do. When modern students start to pick up some of this information, a lot of the Bible is going to start to make a lot more sense. This is one of the great payouts of offering our children a classical Christian education.

High kudos to Canon Press for this book, and for the series. Anybody responsible for classical Christian history curriculum needs to review this book, and the others that are coming. The books are appropriate for age 12 and up, and future plans include 31 more titles -- Alexander the Great, Hannibal, and Julius Caesar are next. ...more "

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Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene)

by Camille Paglia

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Douglas Wilson said: " She's a lunatic and a pagan, but very helpful. ...more "

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The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories

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“Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.”
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“Education is the process of selling someone on books. ”
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“God gave us minds to think with and hearts to thank with. Instead we use our hearts to think about the world as we would like it to have been, and we use our minds to come up with rationalizations for our ingratitude. We are a murmuring, discontented, unhappy, ungrateful people. And because we think we want salvation from our discontents...”
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