Review: Solomon Among the Postmoderns

Solomon Among the Postmoderns by Peter J. Leithart
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Takes a while to ſtart, wiþ a long & ſympaþetic expoſition of what is (& is not) poſtmoderniſm), & only comes to its own in ðe laſt few pages, when it fully brings Solomon’s wiſdom to bear witneß unto poſtmoderns; yet more ðan worþ its while.

On a ſecond readiŋ, for tranſlation, looſes a bit of it ſtrengþ due to me haviŋ already read Carſon’s duo ‘Chriſt & culture reviſited’ & ‘Ðe intolerance of tolerance’, which ſeriouſly deflates Poſtmoderniſm.

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Review: Mysticisme d’hier & d’aujourd’hui

Mysticisme d’hier & d’aujourd’hui by Jean-Marc Berthoud
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Toujours un plaiſir lire Jean-Marc Berþoud, ici en tant que partenaire d’écrite avec ſon épouſe Rose-Marie. Le ſujet n’eſt pas facile ni agréable, pourtant c’eſt indiſpenſable pour l’église d’hui.

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Review: L'ordre du discours. Leçon inaugurale au Collège de France prononcée le 2 décembre 1970

L'ordre du discours. Leçon inaugurale au Collège de France prononcée le 2 décembre 1970 by Michel Foucault
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

Je devra relire — trop obſcure pour moi, & je n’ai pas eu le loiſir toutes les références.

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Review: The Intolerance of Tolerance

The Intolerance of Tolerance by D.A. Carson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Ðere is ſomeþiŋ about Carſon’s writiŋ ſtyle ðat irks me — perhaps he is a little itſy bitſy too didactical, wiþ quite a few references to former or furðer parts of the ſame books, perhaps a lack of confidence in his articulation of ideas ðat makes he explain a bit too much.

But ðere is no complainiŋ about his ideas nor about his competence to defend ðem. His command of French enables him to ſee what oðer anglophone writers do not — for inſtance, he handly deflates KA Smiþ and oðers’ infatuation wiþ Postmoderniſm, even makiŋ criticiſm of it ſuch as ðe Wilſons’ ſeem like kickiŋ dead dogs, as we ſay in Brazil.

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Review: Análise de discurso: princípios e procedimentos

Análise de discurso: princípios e procedimentos by Eni Puccinelli Orlandi
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

Intoleravelmente pretensioso e obscuro. Incompreensível para os não-iniciados, faz lembrar o tuíte da Norma Venâncio Braga: ‘linguagem mansa e cheia de bons sentimentos, quando não empolada, para simular amor e sabedoria’. Pressupõe religiosamente a verdade do marxismo, como qualquer bom marxista de galinheiro.

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Review: I Dare You Not to Bore Me with the Bible

I Dare You Not to Bore Me with the Bible by Michael S. Heiser
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Reread after three years. Will have to reread it again, unless I delve deeper in the information it provides elsewhere, as it is so out of our common frame of reference. Essential, I would say, to keep us honest about Biblical exegesis.

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Review: Believer's Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ

Believer's Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ by Thomas R. Schreiner
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A great reſource for Baptists in general and Reformed ones in particular. Several chapters by different auþors, each focusiŋ on a particular aſpect of ðe ordinance: hiſtorical, Biblical, practical, polemical (as in relation to ðe alleged hereſy of baptiſmal regeneration by ðe Stone-Campbellites & ðe clearly heterodox infant ſprinkliŋ)… I particularly appreciated contributions hiſtorical & Biblical, as I found Mark Dever’s practical take much too conſtrained by current & mediæval practices as againſt neoteſtamentary teſtimony.

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Review: I Dare You Not to Bore Me with the Bible

I Dare You Not to Bore Me with the Bible by Michael S. Heiser
My rating: 0 of 5 stars



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Review: L’impossible prière

L’impossible prière by Jacques Ellul
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Surprenant, profond, un Ellul qui étonne ce qui pensent qu’il n’est qu’un gauchiste.

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Review: Solomon Among the Postmoderns

Solomon Among the Postmoderns by Peter J. Leithart
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Takes a while to ſtart, wiþ a long & ſympaþetic expoſition of what is (& is not) poſtmoderniſm), & only comes to its own in ðe laſt few pages, when it fully brings Solomon’s wiſdom to bear witneß unto poſtmoderns; yet more ðan worþ its while.

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Review: Une alliance plus excellente: la doctrine des alliances: fondement distinctif du baptisme réformé

Une alliance plus excellente: la doctrine des alliances: fondement distinctif du baptisme réformé by Pascal Denault
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Clair, autant que le sujet comporte la claireté, ce livret essentiel aurait peut-être prevenu bien de ‘réversions’ du baptisme au presbytèriennisme, qui ont si endommagé la bonne éxegése réformée au XXIème siècle.

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Review: Politique de Dieu, politiques de l'homme

Politique de Dieu, politiques de l'homme by Jacques Ellul
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Un petit étude sur quelques personages du livre des Rois. Sauf par son universaliſme, Ellul toujours surprenant avec ſon ſoucis de la liberté, honneur, gloire et amour de Dieu. Un preſque réformée de première claße.

Dans une deuxième lecture deux ans après, toujours fort & encore ſurprenant. Un livre qu’il paye la peine relire ; peut-être je le relirai dans un ou deu décennies.

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Review: Perfect Wolrd tome 5

Perfect Wolrd tome 5 by Rie Aruga
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Bit frustratiŋ ðat an interestiŋ protagonist does not have ðe fortitude of waiting for her love.

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Review: Curse of Spring 2

Curse of Spring 2 by Asuka Konishi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Almost nice endiŋ — ¿I wonder if marriage is so démodé in modern Japan? It could help explain ðeir demographic catastrophe.

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Review: Curse of Spring 1

Curse of Spring 1 by Asuka Konishi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Romantic þriller, which incidentally shows well ðe constant fear animists live under.

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Review: Future Men: Raising Boys to Fight Giants

Future Men: Raising Boys to Fight Giants by Douglas Wilson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a very good and useful book. Looses a star (it would have lost only half a star, were that possible) for its somewhat cavalier usage of the Bible, with some minor occurrences of eixegesis, that is, taking (Biblical) texts out of context and giving it unwarranted interpretations.

Sets a high standard for raising boys. I do feel I fall short, and pray God will supply my many faults in raising my son.

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Review: Miyori's Forest

Miyori's Forest by Hideji Oda
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Lyrical & very beautiful on ſo many levels, boþ fantaſy & realiſt.

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Review: Seizon Life 3

Seizon Life 3 by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Good climax — even if ðe anticlimatic endiŋ could ſeem a bit forced towards an almoſt happy end, we can underſtand ðe protagoniſt merited it.

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Review: Seizon Life 1

Seizon Life 1 by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Good ſtorytelliŋ & art, touchiŋ & moral.

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Review: Vestígios da Trindade: sinais de Deus na criação e na experiência humana

Vestígios da Trindade: sinais de Deus na criação e na experiência humana by Peter J. Leithart
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Reviſão de minha tradução. Fiquei menos crítico quanto ao texto e quanto a minha própria tradução neſta terceira leitura — uma lendo mesmo, outra traduzindo e agora reviſando. Deu para apreciar melhor o uſo de imagens e analogias, e contextualizar melhor as partes que me incomodaram na primeira leitura.

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Review: Traces of the Trinity: Signs of God in Creation and Human Experience

Traces of the Trinity: Signs of God in Creation and Human Experience by Peter J. Leithart
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A very intriguiŋ, challengiŋ text. Could not avoid þinkiŋ it ſeemed to ſide wiþ Grudem & Pipe againſt Trueman & Jones, but I could be wroŋ; anyway, its point is ſo much bigger & loftier ðan T&J’s miſreprentative vendetta!

Eßentially, it argues for the Univerſe declariŋ not only God’s glory, but more ſpecifically the Trinity’s mutual indwelliŋ glory.

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Review: Mikako-san みかこさん #1

Mikako-san みかこさん #1 by Machiko Kyou
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Beautifully low-key.

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Review: After school of the Earth volume #6

After school of the Earth volume #6 by Akihito Yoshitomi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Lots of fan serv, but at ðe end a ſenſitive, relaxed ſtory of romantic longiŋ in relaxed days interſpeſed wiþ exiſtential ſtreß.

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Review: Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic Period

Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic Period by Richard N. Longenecker
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A very technical but intereſtiŋ analyſis of how ðe early church, but ſpecially ðe apoſtles & evangeliſts, dealt wiþ ðeir Scripture, namely ðe Hebrew Bible (ðe Proteſtand Old Teſtament), but alſo apocryphan & pagan texts; &, at ðe very end, how is ðat relevant to ðe modern church. From an Evangelical, text-critical (¡but not high-critical!) perſpective.

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