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Today’s question is:
What Christian books have been on your shelf the longest?
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I would have to say some Janette Oke books. The When Call’s The Heart Series followed by some Gilbert Morris books. I also have a few books I got as a child I still have.
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For fiction, probably C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters. I reread it every few years, too.
Sounds like a good book to have.
The book in my possession for the longest time would be a little New Testament given to me by my pastor when I was about 3 weeks old. 🙂 I still have the first two books I bought when I was 8ish, two Trailblazer books about missionaries. They were my prized possessions because I’d saved for them, and we didn’t have much money.
The oldest book I own is from 1865 and is a selection of Tennyson’s works that my mum bought and passed on to me.
Sound interesting. I have a book mum got in Sunday school and one by Paul White of Dads, (Its signed). I was thinking more of my fiction books.
I have a bunch of Janette Oke books, a YA novel called The Janis Project (awesome book), and some Francine Rivers.
I too have some Janette Oke ones.
I have ‘Madman’ by Tracy Groot. It’s been sitting there waiting for me to read since it released, which according to the copyright page was 2006. Oops…
I’ve tried several times to read it, but the chapters are big & the writing is pretty meaty, so it’s always been hard to find the time to commit to it. I’m hoping to read it before the end of the year, because it is one of the best written works I’ve ever come across.
I just realise I have a few novels I got when I was a teen still. I have several I bought and have never read some would be even older than 2006
Hi Jenny, If we’re talking about Christian fiction, then Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (and also her Biblical fiction series) have been on my book shelf for a long time. Books by Robin Lee Hatcher, Kristin Billerbeck also come to mind. Also, I recently found an old paperback copy of Christy by Catherine Marshall in a box when I was looking for something else. 😊