Hindsight: Seventh-Day Adventist History in Essays and Extracts (1996) by Dave Fiedler

Book's pages: 283 It is clear that Dave Fiedler purposefully titled this book "Hindsight" because he was aware of the human temptation to look back at history and judge those who made wrong decisions in history. I had a number of times when I was close to tears and I wished I could get a time machine to take me back to those days and shout and tell some of these individuals in our history that "Ladies and Gentlemen stop being arrogant, prideful...

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The Rising of Africa: A Video and Various Resources

This is just a roughly put-together post. It's interesting how this CNN video shows that trouble for Europe is becoming an opportunity for Africa. Here are a few books and reports that are great for anyone with an interest in Africa and where Africa could be headed. Please put these on your reading list. Africa Rising: How 900 Million African Consumers Offer More Than You Think (2009) by Vijay Mahajan Africa's Greatest Entrepreneurs (2009)...

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A Simply Beautiful Wedding (1999) by Eileen Silva Kindig

Book's pages:  149; Eileen S. Kindig is obviously writing mainly to American brides and their mothers. Nonetheless, the principles she gives are useful in any culture and can also help bridegrooms to assist in the planning of a “sensible” wedding. As an individual who’s planning to be married shortly, I decided to read this book to get a little understanding of the “female world” in relation to weddings. I think reading this book will...

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Catastrophe: Risk and Response (2004) by Richard A. Posner

Book's pages:  322; Sorry friends, I'm a bit busy studying for my Certified Public Accountant exam so I don't have a review prepared for this book at this time. Please check back in the near future. I hope I'll remember what this book was about! ...

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The Crisis Ahead: A Compilation from the Writings of Ellen G. White (1970) Prepared by Robert W. Olson

Book's pages:  133; Robert W. Olson put together this compilation of Spirit of Prophecy quotations (Ellen G. White writings) to give a brief summary about Ellen G. White's view on various topics. It is the most concise book I have come across to date on Ellen G. White's views of the challenges facing the planet on all fronts and the Adventist church's role and calling during the time of those challenges. I don't even remember where I...

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Lord, Teach Me How To Pray (2011) by Stephen L. Lyons

Book pages:  44; Sorry friends, I'm a bit busy studying for my Certified Public Accountant exam so I don't have a review prepared for this book at this time. Please check back in the near future. I hope I'll remember what this book was about! ...

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Christian Service (1925) by Ellen G. White

Book's Pages:  275; This is another book that contains compilations from Ellen G. White's writings highlighting the various aspects of Christian service. The topics cover virtually all practical topics related to this issue.  Ellen White writes about every Christian's duty to serve others for the sake of humanity's spiritual and physical benefit. She addresses the biblical and ethical basis for such service, and the role of everyone -...

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Ministry to the Cities (2012) by Ellen G. White

Book's Pages:  224; A timely book! This book is a compilation of Ellen G. White's quotations that highlight that the Adventist church should embrace the ministry to the world's cities. In 195 easy-to-read pages, this compilation has enough information to help a reader understand the biblical basis for a thorough worldwide city ministry and the Spirit of Prophecy support for that work. The church, under President Ted Wilson's Mission to...

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Urban America: US Cities in the Global Economy (2012) by McKinsey Global Institute

Book's Pages:  54; This McKinsey Global Institute publication has many interesting insights but I will note a few that were very interesting to me. Large US cities will contribute more than 10% of global GDP by 2025. 80% of the US population lives in large cities. Almost 85% of US GDP was generated by 259 large cities in 2010. The cities that attract and retain new residents have greater chance of growing their GDP. The report even mentions...

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Steps to Christ (1892) by Ellen G. White

Book's Pages: 126; This little amazing book has been translated into more than 70 different languages and has had more than a million of its published copies sold and shared in probably every single country on the planet. My two favorite chapters are the first chapter entitled "God's Love for Man" and the eleventh chapter, "The Privilege of Prayer." The following is a short excerpt from the beginning of the chapter "The Privilege of Prayer:" "Through...

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The Three Angels Messages of Revelation 14.6-12 (1892) by J. N. Andrews

Book's Pages: 141; Since my friends and I are launching 3Angels Livable Communities Initiative (3AngelsLCI) Global, I thought it would be important to read the history of what the 3 Angels Messages mean. J. N. Andrews and his colleagues, such as Ellen G. White, wrote extensively about the 3 Angels Messages.  In summary, they argued that the 3 Angels Messages are God's last great messages of mercy "to those who live on the earth—to every...

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989/2004) by Stephen R. Covey

Pages: 340; This is probably the third or fourth time I have read this book and surprisingly I still feel that I will have to read it again. The book is very rich. Stephen Covey states, "I would recommend that you not "see" this material as a book, in the sense that it is something to read once and put on a shelf.... [The] material is designed to a companion in the continual process of change and growth."Of the many books I have read, this is one...

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The Acts of the Apostles (1911) by Ellen G. White

Pages: 602; The writer presents the courage, leadership, friendship, love, passion and fearlessness that a group of first-century individuals showed to a cause they had recently found through their young Jewish friend, Jesus of Nazareth. 50 days before, this Jesus of Nazareth had been killed through a humiliating and painful Roman killing practice called a crucifixion. The Jewish nation expected Jesus' friends to be completely devastated...

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The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going To Miss Almost Everything (2012) by Linda Holmes

Pages: 4; "The vast majority of the world's books, music, films, television and art, you will never see." Yesterday, a friend shared with me a very interesting NPR article. This article convinced me that I should not use my 1-Million-Page Challenge to attempt to read all the great books in the world . I was aware (to a certain extent) of the facts highlighted in this article. However, reading this article helped me to think about these facts very...

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Learning From Toys: Lessons In Managing Supply Chain Risk from the Toy Industry (2001) by M. Eric Johnson

Pages:  20; M. Eric Johnson writes about the supply chain risks of the toy industry and provides ways to manage these risks. This document suggests that the solutions to manage the supply chain risks for the toy industry can be used by other industries with similarly short product lives. The author classifies the risks into product demand risks and product supply risks. An example of a product demand risk in the toy industry is short product...

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Global Risks 2012 Report by the World Economic Forum's Risk Response Network

Pages:  64; The World Economic Forum has published the seventh edition of the global risks report entitled the Global Risks 2012. It first features an insightful section that covers the cases which show the potential catastrophic events that could result because of the interconnectedness of the global risks. The three cases are: Seeds of Dystopia:  This case highlights how societies worldwide could become chaotic as high unemployment...

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Christ Our Righteousness (1924) by Arthur G. Daniells

Pages: 165; The author argues that righteousness (doing right) by faith through Jesus is today's message for the church and the world. The Third Angel's Message of Revelation 14:6-12 is the message about Jesus Christ our righteousness, according to the author. In essence, Daniells is saying that the Third Angel is going to the whole world to present the only true righteousness which is the righteousness by faith through Jesus; the angel's...

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Reading Progress: Slow but Steady!

I started the challenge some time around November, 2011. Currently, I have finished reading 12 books, which total 2,801 pages. That is nowhere close to where I should be. The inertia at the beginning was tough but now that I'm a few months into the challenge, I'm gaining momentum. To stay on course, I need to have read about 200,000 pages (or about 500 books) by December 2012. You can tell I've got a lot of catching up to do. A luta continua!!!...

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