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1 | Books that have influenced you most? | Eccl 12:12 | kalos | 7453 | ||
Name 3-5 books that have had the greatest influence on you, your thinking or your life. All 3-5 books you list may be "Christian" books, but they need not be. | ||||||
2 | Books that have influenced you most? | Eccl 12:12 | Hank | 7454 | ||
Shame, shame, JVH! Your question brought me out of exile. When Sir Walter Scott was on his death-bed, he asked his son-in-law to read to him. The son-in-law, thinking that the great writer wanted to hear a passage from one of his own books, asked "Sir Walter, from which of your books shall shall I read?" Sir Walter replied, "My young man, there is but one Book. Read to me from the Book."......JVH, I have read many books, from Shakespeare to Agatha Christie, from Homer to Louis L'Amour. I have been entertained by a large number of good books. But your question has to do with which books have had the greatest influence on thinking and life. And I would have to echo the words of Sir Walter Scott, "There is only one Book" that measures up. All others pale in comparison. Pale so vastly that they hardly get even honorable mention........P.S. Deep and sincere thanks to all of you who posted so many kind remarks on the occasion of my note of farewell. I plan to return to the forum on a limited scale. Blessing. --Hank | ||||||
3 | Books that have influenced you most? | Eccl 12:12 | Makarios | 7456 | ||
Greetings and Blessings dear Hank! Good to hear from you and see you back from your exile! I pray that you will find hospitality here once again and not become too frustrated, my friend.. :) Good to have you back! As far as books go, there are many that have influenced me: "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis, "The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis, "Pilgrim's Progress" by Bunyan, St. Augustine's "Confessions", Dante's "Inferno", "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque, "The Once and Future King" by T.H. White, "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, "First Battles" by Atkins, "More than a Carpenter" by Josh McDowell, anything by Oswald Chambers (especially his daily devotional), "Beowulf" by Homer, "This Present Darkness" by Frank Peretti, and of course, the GRAND CHAMPION, Book of books, is the BIBLE! | ||||||
4 | Books that have influenced you most? | Eccl 12:12 | jim | 7480 | ||
Two authors to me stand out Max Lucado- Just Like Jesus and Og Mandigo- Greatest Salemen in the world and Greatest mircale in the world | ||||||