Jonathan Simone Benatti Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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καὶ εἴρηκέν μοι· ἀρκεῖ σοι ἡ χάρις μου, ἡ γὰρ δύναμις ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ τελεῖται. (2 Cor 12:9) Utut mecum sit, tamen Deus est Deus. Martin Luther, WA17/1, 81, 30-32

A Grief Observed
C. S. Lewis
That gains a new energy when I think of her as a sword [...] Now perhaps He grasps the hilt; weighs the new weapon; makes lightnings with it in the air. "A right Jerusalem blade". C. S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
Paperback, 2015
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving
This is the Epigraph from John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany. Paul and Buechner. Perfect, absolutely perfect. https://t.co/daH9UkucFy
Paperback, 2012
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The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy
God was not interested in our theology but only in our silence. (The Passenger, Cormac McCarthy). Sometimes, being apophatic is not a crime.
Paperback, 2023
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Mere Christianity
C. S. Lewis
Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, you might say landed in disguise, and is calling us all to take part in a great campaign of sabotage. C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity.
Paperback, 2001
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The Weight of Glory
C. S. Lewis
The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was longing. C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
Paperback, 2015
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Four Quartets
T. S. Eliot
Who then devised the torment? Love. Love is the unfamiliar Name Behind the hands that wove The intolerable shirt of flame Which human power cannot remove. We only live, only suspire Consumed by either fire or fire. T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets, Little Gidding
Paperback, 2023
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The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Cormac McCarthy
He knew only that the child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God, God never spoke. (Cormac McCarthy, The Road)
Paperback, 2007
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Lament for a Son
Nicholas Wolterstorff
Three books which are helping me to cope with this period. Todd Billings, The End of Christian life @jtoddbillings Christian M. Brady, Beautiful and Terrible Things @Targuman Nicholas Wolterstorff, Lament for a Son Please, consider follow the authors: solid Christian life.
Paperback, 1987
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