I love Chesterton's more obscure stuff, and much of it is available in audio form on librivox.org, but alas, you get what you pay for-- the amateur reader who was kind enough to record many of Chesterton's works is quite bad.
I like that quote, though. Reminds me of the fascinating promise Jesus made in Revelation about the white stone.
While I'm at it, I looked up a verse we were talking about-- Malachi 2:15:
"Has not the Lord made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth."
But that's the 1984 NIV, which often sacrifices ambiguity for readability. When I checked a bunch of other translations, none of them rendered it that way.
I am intrigued. Just got free kindle version of The Man Who Was Thursday
ReplyDeleteI love Chesterton's more obscure stuff, and much of it is available in audio form on librivox.org, but alas, you get what you pay for-- the amateur reader who was kind enough to record many of Chesterton's works is quite bad.
ReplyDeleteI like that quote, though. Reminds me of the fascinating promise Jesus made in Revelation about the white stone.
While I'm at it, I looked up a verse we were talking about-- Malachi 2:15:
ReplyDelete"Has not the Lord made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth."
But that's the 1984 NIV, which often sacrifices ambiguity for readability. When I checked a bunch of other translations, none of them rendered it that way.