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Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

63 reviews
C.S. Lewis

Harcourt, 1995

A Humble Spokesman for Reality
Surprised by Joy is a prerequisite if one is to experience the maximum benefit of C.S. Lewis' apologetic works. That is, while one might not actually, and perhaps should not, read Surprised by Joy before some of his other titles it will certainly provide the reader with a new appreciation of Lewis' perspective. Throughout his life, as it is evident in his writing, Lewis returns time and again to ...

Surprised By Truth 2: 15 Men and Women Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons For Becoming Catholic.

46 reviews

Sophia Institute Press, 2000

Thorough, well-researched, well-written essays
I have read both the first and second book of Surprised By Truth. Both were excellent. Anyone reading them objectively, with an open mind and heart, will learn a lot about the Christian faith in general and Catholicism specifically. I could say a lot about these essays; they are so well-written. What is most important is that they are written from the point of view of love and truth-seeking. ...

Surprised by Suffering

4 reviews
R. C. Sproul

Tyndale House Publishers, 1994

A reader from Illinois
This is a wonderful book! In a time when many destructive teachings abound regarding the suffering of Christians and life after death. Dr. Sproul addresses the same topics from a carefully biblical standpoint. I would highly recommend this book and any others by this author.

Surprised by Canon Law: More Questions Catholics Ask About Canon Law

3 reviews
Pete Vere, Michael Trueman

Servant Books, 2007

The Church's Internal Structure
As a sequel to their first book, Surprised by Canon Law, the authors address topics not covered in the earlier work, such as sacred times and places and parish life. They also tackle areas of canon law not included in the code, such as liturgical law, principles and norms on ecumenism, the structure of Vatican offices, and canonization of saints. The sacred times and places chapter covers holy ...

Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church

21 reviews
N. T. Wright

HarperOne, 2008

Surprised by Hope
I loved N.T. Wright's newest book, Surprised by Hope. He explores the meat of the Christian hope, what he calls the after-afterlife. Wright addresses the misconceptions (a.k.a. bad theology) that's infiltrated not just the world (i.e. reincarnation), but also Christianity (i.e. when we all get to heaven). The belief in Jesus' physical resurrection is on the line here, folks. If you believe ...

Surprised by Christ: My Journey from Judaism to Orthodox Christianity

1 review
James A. Bernstein

Conciliar Press, 2008

An excellent primer on Orthodox Christianity!
Surprised By Christ: My Journey from Judaism to Orthodox Christianity succeeds on several levels. The first is as an engaging and fascinating conversion story of a first-generation religious Jewish boy (Conservative Jew) in Queens, New York, raised as he puts it, "in the shadow of the Holocaust", whose "road to Damascus" encounter of Christ after reading the New Testament under his covers with ...

Surprised by the Power of the Spirit

39 reviews
Jack S. Deere

Zondervan, 1996

A groundbreaking book on the work of the Holy Spirit
This has been such a ground-breaking book in changing my worldview from being a staunch cessationist to being one who embraces all the gifts of the Spirit for today. For over 10 years, I totally embraced John MacArthur's viewpoint and the Dallas Theological Seminary viewpoint of cessationism. Some of the Key Questions that Deere addresses are the following: What is the real reason why ...

Surprised by the Voice of God

26 reviews
Jack S. Deere

Zondervan, 1998

Answer to "a Reader" who cries "Perversion"
To be a fair person one should act fairly. Calling a book a "perversion" and citing an article from an antagonistic source is only half the story. It would be objective to cite the answer to that antagonistic source and let the reader who chooses to "check it out" to make up his own mind. Such is the case at hand. The antagonstic source is a paper published by a group strongly opposed to Jack ...

Surprised by Truth: 11 Converts Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic

92 reviews
Foreword by Scott Hahn

Basilica Press, 1994

I was Pleasantly Surprised!
The first thing I want to say is, that as soon as I read this book I got my hands on Surprised by Truth #2 and #3! I loved this book! I learned so much about my Catholic Faith, even though I was already a Cradle Catholic. I also learned a lot about other faiths as well! I highly recommend this book not only to people who are considering becoming Catholic, but for Catholics as well! You will ...

Surprised by Sin: The Reader in Paradise Lost.

3 reviews
Stanley Eugene Fish

Univ of California Pr, 1972

A classic of Milton criticism
According to Fish, "Paradise Lost" operates according to a mechanism of rhetorical indirection that works on all rhetorical levels, from depiction of character to deployment of tropes. Milton wants to show us how our fallen state corrupts and distorts our responses to poetry and instruction; the poem is constructed as a series of interlocking traps for the reader, who is lured into reacting in ...

Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion
Danya Ruttenberg

Beacon Press, 2008

A combat-booted religious awakening and a look at what it takes to develop a spiritual practice. At thirteen, Danya Ruttenberg decided that she was an atheist. Watching the sea of adults standing up and sitting down at Rosh Hashanah services, and apparently giving credence to the patently absurd truth-claims of the prayer book, she came to a conclusion: Marx was right. But as a young adult immersed in the rhinestone-bedazzled wonderland of ...

Surprised By Canon Law: 150 Questions Laypeople Ask About Canon Law

12 reviews
Pete Vere, Michael Trueman, ...

Servant Publications, 2005

Canon Law for the Man or Woman on the Street
Professor Emeritus, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada Unfortunately canon law is one of the most misunderstood and consequently least appreciated aspects of the Catholic Church. This is true not only for non-Catholics, but also for many Catholics, including many of the clergy. In a word, many do not like canon law because they do not really know anything about it, or have gross ...

Surprised by Truth 3: 10 More Converts Explain the Biblical and Historical Reason for Becoming Catholic

11 reviews

Sophia Institute Press, 2002

It Converted Me All Over Again
I received this book about 6 days ago in the mail. I would have finished it in less time (I read half of it on the first day), but I didn't pick it up for a few days. What an awesome and moving book! This is a compilation of conversion stories of folks who converted to Catholicism. They tell their personal stories, in detail, through the doubts and inconsistencies they faced in their former ...

A Guilty Thing Surprised (Chief Inspector Wexford Mysteries)

4 reviews
Ruth Rendell

Fawcett, 1987

Excellent murder mystery
Terrific vintage Rendell, one of the best Chief Inspector Wexford mysteries. The wealthy and beautiful Elizabeth Nightingale is murdered one night in the woods, and it is up to the intelligent, cantankerous Wexford and his sidekick Burden to solve the crime. This appears at first to be a fairly ordinary mystery; the leisurely pace and sharp humor may fool the reader into thinking that this ...

Surprised By Angel
M.D., Thomas Messe

Wordclay, 2000

Surprised By Prayer!
Karen Barber

Guideposts, 2001

Surprised By Grace: A Journey Beyond Personal Enlightenment

2 reviews
Amber Terrell

True Light Publishing, 2003

Stillness and Truth, Grace and Love
Amber's book describes the journey of a once shy and scared woman to the Stillness of the Truth which we all are. She is guided in her journey by the amazing Gangaji and she shares with us the simple, yet powerful, surprises Grace gives her. This book is a must read for all who ask themselves, "Who am I, who am I really?" It is a deeply personal account of Fear and Grace. Amber moves from ...

Surprised by Serenity

1 review
Randy Marshall, Zach Miller

Alliance Affinity Group, L.L.C., 2000

Small book with a big message.
The central message of this small, but potent, volume will help you keep a grip on your life. The authors make clear that you have to focus on the things you can control, not those you cannot.

Herself Surprised (New York Review Books Classics)

4 reviews
Joyce Cary

NYRB Classics, 1999

Cary's triptych
I have just reread Cary's three novels, Herself Surprised, To Be a Pilgrim and The Horse's Mouth. It is amzing that books written during the second world war should be so secure in their tone about a vanishing England and its history. Cary uses his three entirely diffeent voices - tricky sensuous woman, nervy religious dirty old man, obsessed manipulative artist- better than anyone else i know ...

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