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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

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Book Cover for: A Grief Observed, C. S. Lewis

A Grief Observed

C. S. Lewis
Jonathan Simone BenattiJonathan Simone Benatti

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

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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A Prayer for Owen Meany

John Irving
Jonathan Simone BenattiJonathan Simone Benatti

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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Book Cover for: The Passenger, Cormac McCarthy

The Passenger

Cormac McCarthy
Jonathan Simone BenattiJonathan Simone Benatti

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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Book Cover for: Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis

Mere Christianity

C. S. Lewis
Jonathan Simone BenattiJonathan Simone Benatti

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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Book Cover for: The Weight of Glory, C. S. Lewis

The Weight of Glory

C. S. Lewis
Jonathan Simone BenattiJonathan Simone Benatti

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
Jonathan Simone BenattiJonathan Simone Benatti

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
Jonathan Simone BenattiJonathan Simone Benatti

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
Jonathan Simone BenattiJonathan Simone Benatti

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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