I’m underwhelmed. Amazon’s Oyster-like subscription service appears to me to be a repackaging of the odd amalgamation of books already in the Kindle Owner’s Lending Library.
The Religion & Spirituality category is indeed chock full of Amish romance—and hundreds of books and authors I’ve never heard of.
I haven’t made an exhaustive search, but enough to conclude for myself that Oyster is a far better choice. They really had some good books—I just can’t read them on my Kindle. Too bad.
The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing: A Theological Commentary, by Jonathan Pennington (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2018).I've been using this book as my main helper while preaching very slowly (because very occasionally) through the Sermon on the Mount....
Small Preaching: 25 Little Things You Can Do Now to Become a Better Preacher, by Jonathan Pennington (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2021). Very few pp.Great little title. Punchy and short. Genuinely full of wisdom. The three things that stood out to me most: The very...
Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading by Eugene H. PetersonMy rating: 5 of 5 starsI've said before that I'm an emotional reader. My five stars for this book represent my rapture at great prose and, more...
The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. SandelMy rating: 5 of 5 starsI loved Sandel's book Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? His power is incisive analysis: he cuts to the Augustinian heart of divisive issues using classic...
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