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Anonymous Tue Jun 4 20:53:53 2019 No.13240154 [Reply] [Original]

Best books for someone who was raised atheist but wants to explore Christianity? If you're going to recommend the Bible please state which translation.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 4 20:55:02 2019 No.13240159 File: 538 KB, 1350x1739, 2textlines.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] KJV

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 4 20:56:07 2019 No.13240161 >>13240154 Well, what particular direction of Christianity do you wish to discover?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 4 20:56:44 2019 No.13240164 >>13240154 Timothy Keller's book "The reason for God" He also has a pretty good talk about the book that he did at google https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxup3OS5ZhQ

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 4 20:58:27 2019 No.13240168 Orthodox Study Bible / wisdom of sirach

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 4 21:03:42 2019 No.13240191 >>13240154 Pensées

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 4 21:05:32 2019 No.13240200 >>13240161 Catholicism and Orthodoxy both interest me, as well as Early Christianity.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 4 21:06:36 2019 No.13240209 File: 1.45 MB, 1000x1480, 21c952616381bc412a4d7f7551b623ad847514b1057544107f899cde9bfe3422.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13240154

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 4 21:10:10 2019 No.13240218 >>13240200 I'm not sure if Scheeben's dogmatics are available in English, but you can't go wrong with them if you're taking the Catholic part. He also doesn't waste any time with apologetics.

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!/qKRybJPyoB Tue Jun 4 21:10:14 2019 No.13240219 Fake thread.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 4 21:12:00 2019 No.13240224 Gospel In Brief by Leo Tolstoy.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 4 21:12:59 2019 No.13240230 >>13240219 Drop the trip lad

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!/qKRybJPyoB Tue Jun 4 21:18:41 2019 No.13240251 >>13240230 Drop your head out the window, lassy dear.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 4 21:42:19 2019 No.13240316 >>13240154 mere christianity

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 4 22:46:11 2019 No.13240564 >>13240159 This is embarrassing

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 4 23:04:11 2019 No.13240610 File: 31 KB, 311x475, merechristianity.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13240154

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 5 04:21:54 2019 No.13241506 >>13240154 Nietzsche "The Antichrist"

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 5 05:06:16 2019 No.13241631 >>13240154 If you want to literally explore Christian doctrine, as in understanding the inner workings of the doctrine, the Summa Theologica is a great body of reference (I wouldn't approach it as a book to read cover to back)

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