Welcome back to another episode of Five Minutes in Church History.

Last week I was sharing with you my Christmas list, which really is books I already own,

but just offering some suggestions as Christmas is just around the corner. And who doesn't want to get a book for

Christmas? Well, we had talked about five books from literature, and we had talked about five books

from church history. And I think I was getting to my very last book when we got to the end of that

episode. So here it is. It is entitled, For the Glory, Eric Liddell's Journey from Olympic Champion to Modern Martyr.

It is by Duncan Hamilton.

We all know the story, and it was just this past summer, that we had the Paris Olympics of 2024.

We'll go back 100 years in the Paris Olympics of 1924,

when Eric Liddell took gold in the 400 to a watching world.

But this book chronicles the story because what happens off the track is even more fascinating. And if Eric Liddell

were with us, he would say, is far, far more important. It chronicles his life as a missionary in

China. Lidel was actually born in China and he died in China and his heart was for China.

So great biography, pick it up, and you'll enjoy it.

Well, we have one more category. We had books from literature, church history books, and now we have five books from figures in church history. First up is Augustine's letters, and this is a little bit of a top shelf book.

The edition I have is published by Harvard University Press.

It is what is considered in the Loeb-L-O-E-B-Lob classical library.

There's hundreds of these books covering both Latin and Greek texts.

And the interesting thing about books from the Loeb Library is they're all sort of pocket size.

And on one page they have the original, so if it's Greek, it's Greek.

For Augustine's case, it's Latin. And then on the next page is the English translation. So these aren't all of Augustine's letters by any stretch, but it's one volume that pulls together many of his letters,

and it's just a great way to get into the life of Augustine.

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