Why Read the Classics?

In last week’s column, I challenged us to consider the ramifications of the fact that God revealed Himself to us in a book rather than via pictures, feelings,video, or other means. I derive from this that reading is of central importance in the lives of Christians (or...

The Need to Read

A package for me arrived in the mail on Tuesday. It was a slightly worn copy ofthe Norton Anthology of American Literature Third Edition Shorter. It was the text we used for a literature class in college, and I ordered it online last week. “Why?” is the obvious...