{"id":2505,"date":"2009-11-25T22:08:13","date_gmt":"2009-11-26T03:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faithpromotingrumor.com\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2009-11-25T22:08:13","modified_gmt":"2009-11-26T03:08:13","slug":"otftw-1-out-of-the-best-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithpromotingrumor\/2009\/11\/otftw-1-out-of-the-best-books\/","title":{"rendered":"OTFTW 1: Out of the Best Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

For your post-turkey degustation, I present this list I handed out in Gospel Doctrine recently, with a 5-minute plug for three books in particular (starred below). I wanted to include more commentary on each book, but as is I had to stretch my margins to fit everything onto one front-back piece of paper.<\/p>\n

I also trucked in all the paper versions of the books I own on this list, and set up a table near the exit so people could flip through those they were interested in. List below, commentary below that.<\/p>\n

Old Testament Resources<\/strong>\u2013 (not a substitute for regular reading of the scriptures themselves)
\nMany of these are available at public or college libraries, or through used book sellers like abe.com<\/p>\n

*= \u201cget one of these if you can\u2019t get anything else\u201d;<\/p>\n

E= available electronically from http:\/\/logos.com which is iPhone, Mac, and PC compatible. (Note that the iphone and Mac apps are in early stages. The Mac is an alpha which functions as a reader, but lacks more complicated functions.)<\/p>\n

* Translations & Bibles<\/strong> \u2013 the most basic resource for understanding. These are cheapest from cbd.com.<\/p>\n