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One of my customary Lenten observances is always to read some heavy-duty theology or some deep, deep classics of devotion.\u00a0 Over the years, I\u2019ve read works by Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, and more modern theologians like Oswald Bayer.\u00a0 Last year I read Martin Chemnitz, The Two Natures of Christ <\/a>to my great benefit.\u00a0 Another year, I read something much, much easier, but even more beneficial:\u00a0 John Kleinig\u2019s Grace Upon Grace<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m kind of undecided about what I will take up this year. Do you have any suggestions?\u00a0 For me, but also for other readers of this blog?\u00a0 (My criteria after the jump.)When I read theology for Lent, I\u2019d also like it to have some devotional effect.\u00a0 Luther is especially good with that.\u00a0 But technical theology, exploring some fine point in doctrine or church history\u2013while possibly interesting to me and something I might read later\u2013is not what I\u2019m looking for in my Lenten reading.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve read C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, and that crowd.\u00a0 I\u2019ve also read quite a bit of historically-important theology, including Calvin\u2019s Institutes<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 And I\u2019ve read most of the Lutheran classics, from the Book of Concord<\/em> through Gerhard to Bo Giertz.\u00a0 And I am already reading the Bible regularly.\u00a0 I\u2019ve worked through the Daily Treasury of Prayer<\/em> a number of times.<\/p>\n

For Lent, I\u2019d like something and someone a little different from what I\u2019ve read before.\u00a0 It can be old or new.\u00a0 Difficult or easy.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t have to be Lutheran, as such, though I would like to be in at least general agreement with it.<\/p>\n

Help me out here.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of my customary Lenten observances is always to read some heavy-duty theology or some deep, deep classics of devotion.\u00a0 Over the years, I\u2019ve read works by Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, and more modern theologians like Oswald Bayer.\u00a0 Last year I read Martin Chemnitz, The Two Natures of Christ to my great benefit.\u00a0 Another year, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,28,34],"tags":[1280,1850],"class_list":["post-20821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","category-literature","category-personal","tag-lent","tag-reading"],"yoast_head":"\nLenten reading<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of my customary Lenten observances is always to read some heavy-duty theology or some deep, deep classics of devotion.\u00a0 Over the years, I've read\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2015\/02\/lenten-reading\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lenten reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of my customary Lenten observances is always to read some heavy-duty theology or some deep, deep classics of devotion.\u00a0 Over the years, I've read\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2015\/02\/lenten-reading\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cranach\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cranachblog\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-02-18T10:39:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-02-17T17:03:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Gene Veith\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Gene Veith\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2015\/02\/lenten-reading\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2015\/02\/lenten-reading\/\",\"name\":\"Lenten reading\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-02-18T10:39:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-02-17T17:03:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/#\/schema\/person\/f9ca8670bcc51908a78994c0484dbfa1\"},\"description\":\"One of my customary Lenten observances is always to read some heavy-duty theology or some deep, deep classics of devotion.\u00a0 Over the years, I've read\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2015\/02\/lenten-reading\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2015\/02\/lenten-reading\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2015\/02\/lenten-reading\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lenten reading\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/\",\"name\":\"Cranach\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/#\/schema\/person\/f9ca8670bcc51908a78994c0484dbfa1\",\"name\":\"Gene Veith\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/054d79faea5d476edd8f99e5f14fb17f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/054d79faea5d476edd8f99e5f14fb17f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Gene Veith\"},\"description\":\"Gene Edward Veith, Jr. is a writer and retired literature professor, serving as Provost Emeritus at Patrick Henry College. 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