The ancient words of Ecclesiastes 12:12 say, “Of making many books there is no end.” Those words have never been more true than today; and if anything, the making of books has only accelerated at a quicker pace with the advent of new print and digital technologies to deliver books faster and cheaper than ever (I’m […]
Reading Books
5 Dangers of Reading Christian Biographies
Reading Christian biographies has been a major source of growth for me. They inspire me in a way unlike other literary genres because they blend Christian living, theology, and history in a way that stirs both my soul and my imagination. Much like Hebrews 11’s listing of biblical figures who lived by faith, Christian biographies give me […]
Charles Spurgeon’s 9 Tips for Christian Readers
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834—1891), “The Prince of Preachers”, preached to an estimated 10,000,000 during his lifetime, published his sermons to an estimated 25,000 people each week during the height of his ministry, and continues to enjoy wide readership today, nearly 125 years after his death. Some of his more popular books include All of Grace, Lectures to My […]
How to Get the Kindle App to Read to You with iPhone VoiceOver
Technology has changed the way I read, first a few years ago with the Kindle Touch’s Text-to-Speech function, and now with The Kindle App for the iPhone, that I do much of my reading on. I love having dozens of books always with me in my pocket and I love the convenient way the iPhone’s […]
The Two Secret Weapons that Help Me Read Faster with Greater Retention
Do you remember what secret weapon the characters in the movie The Sandlot used to finally get the Babe Ruth autographed baseball back from the monster dog across the fence? It wasn’t constructing a ramp and remote control car out of an erector set and it wasn’t strapping a harness on Yeah-Yeah and lowering him […]