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Two Book Give Away--Contest Ends 10/15/09
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Melissa Rose
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What Do You Listen To When You Write?

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Scribe Reccommends

1 Peter 3:14-15 The Message.

"Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master. Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you're living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy."

The italics and the blue coloring are mine, for emphasis.

Wayne Batson started me thinking with his post about Atheism and then of course after digging around forever I managed to remember that scripture. At work, we have a display set up to help people better understand their faith so that they can share it with others.

With Ben Stien's Expelled coming out in theaters we have had people asking for books on Apologetics and Intelligent Design as well as requests for other formats covering the same things (ie DVD and CD) so I thought I would post my own recommendations here for anyone who is interested in this topic.

Books
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Creation/Intelligent Design

In Six Days by: John Ashton

The New Answers Book :Edited by Ken Ham

The Lie:Evolution by: Ken Ham

Fatal Flaws: What Evolutionists Don't Want You To Know by :Hank Hanegraaff

The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates The Scientific Evidence that Points Towards God. By Lee Strobel.

Apologetics

Mere Christianity by: C.S. Lewis

Slandering Jesus: Six Lies People Tell about the Man Who Said He Was God: By Erwin Lutzer

Soul Cravings by: Erwin McManus

More Than a Carpenter by: Josh McDowell

Escape from Reason by: Francis Shaeffer

The Case for the Real Jesus by: Lee Strobel

The Case for Christ by: Lee Strobel

Beyond Opinion: Living the Faith We Defend by: Ravi Zacharias

The End of Reason: Ravi Zacharias

DVDS
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Creation/ Intelligent Design

See Answers in Genesis Website

Apologetics
DVD-The Case for Christ
DVD-The Star of Bethlehem


Websites:
Answers in Genesis
Star of Bethlehem


Hope that helps anyone who is interested in pressing in further to this topic!

Poll Results

What Do You Notice First About A Book?
RESULTS! Closed 11/11/09

My attention's always grabbed by the cover-53%

I look on the spine for the author's name-6%

The thicker books are the one that grab my notice-26%

I open the book up to the middle and burry my nose in the pages, sniffing. Scent is important-0%

I flip the book over, ignore the cover and the spine and get to the book blurb-13%



Pick Your Weapon! RESULTS! Closed-11/03/09

Gladius-0%
Hand and Half Sword-16%
Long Bow-25%
Mace-0%
Staff-33%
Pen-25 %




What Kind of Fan Are You? RESULTS! Closed-10/22/09

Shy. I like reading books but I don't want to meet the authors-15%

Avid. I've read everything my favorite author has written!-38%

Curious. I've e-mailed my favorite author or left comments on the blog and asked them questions-38%


What Kind of Word Smith Are You? RESULTS!-Closed 10/15/09

I focus on setting-22%
I focus on dialogue-22%
I focus on action-22%
I focus on characters-33%

What Kind of Reader Are You? RESULTS!-Closed 10/07/09

I try and guess where the story is going to go-44%
I read the book and think how I would have written it differently-0%
I race through the story, riding the words like a rollarcoaster-22%
I race through the book and then go back and read my favorite parts again and again-33%

What Kind of Writer Are You? RESULTS!

Character first--1%
Plot First--4%
Balanced Between Plot and Character--5%
All Over The Place--5%

So All Over The Place and Balanced Between Plot and Character tie for the win! All I can say is that there must be some wicked stories out there. I can't wait to read them!

Scribe is Listening to:


Music:

Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian Sound Track.

Books on CD: The Moving Finger Read by Martin Jarvis. Original story by: Agatha Christie

Scribe is Reading:

I am? COOL!

I'm apparently referring to myself in the third person too. Go figure.

Books:

Nightmare's Edge by: Bryan Davis

The Invention of Hugo Cabert (Caldecott Book) by: Brian Selzinck-FINISHED. Mind blowing! Every storyteller should read this book.

FEARLESS by: Max Lucado-FINISHED. Excellent!

Bibles:
NLT Chronological 24/7 Bible paperback
NASB Online at Bible Gateway

Followers

Psalm 49

Psalm 49
A Psalm of Repentance

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