Four Books I Would Take If I Was Stranded on a Desert Island
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- You're stranded on a desert island, and you can only have four books with you (don't mind the survival gear, who needs that?). So, which four books would you take?
In this video, I share the four books I would bring if I was stranded on a desert island, and I'm 95% sure that my fourth choice is going to make some people mad. Alas.
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A practical guide to boat building
I'm so disappointed in myself. This is the only right answer
Truly!!!😂
The Bible, the sayings of the desert Father's, the lives of the saints and Saint Augustines confessions
If you're a fan of poetry and haven't yet read "Prayers by the Lake" by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, I'd highly recommend it
Yes x100
HP is a well written series. I understand why you'd choose it as your relax choice. That's how the Chronicles of Narnia is for me. I've read HP through twice and a couple of the books more, but Narnia is my childhood friend and I visit it a lot. Read the series out loud to my kids, and bought my grandson a new copy to read with him. The Bible with all the apocrypha, my biology text book from college, the Chronicles, & the Unseen Realm by M. S. Heiser would be my choices
I would pick four Dostoevsky novels because I have not read any of them yet.
He was the one who really opened my eye for Christainity. Especially Brothers Karamazov was beautiful. In that book, there's a monastic priest named Fr. Zosima. Zosima opened my eyes for Christ's love. He really exemplified Christian love. I can really recommend that book.
Bible, House of Pooh, Vol 2 Philokalia, Diary of the Divine Mercy by St Faustina....
Only four?! That’s a tough one. Here’s mine:
-Left Behind
-Your Best Life (Olsteen)
-Purpose Driven Life (Warren)
-The Message Bible
Good one. 😂
Remember to take some matches as I assume these are to start your cooking camp fire.
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Ok boomer lol
Four books for me would be the Bible, the Oktoechos, Crime and Punishment, and a book of fine english poetry
That'd be the Bible and the three books I wanna read the most rn: Confessions of Augustine, The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton and The Orthodox Way by Kallistos Ware
The Orthodox Way was my first Orthodox book. It has good insight but some of the quotes are from heretical sources. I would highly recommend The Mountain of Silence by Kyriacos C. Markides if you want a great intro book on Orthodox spirituality. It's a travelogue, memoir, conversational and written by someone with a modernist background struggling to learn about the spiritual life. The author inserts his opinion more often than I'd like but the insight from Father Maximos is wonderful. He met with a few modern saints and it has some of teachings and experiences he gained from them.
I LOVE your choices. I wonder if I could cheat and take my leather bound Complete Bible with Apocrypha (RSV) combined with the 1979 Book of Common Prayer? Then I must think of the other three, but Way of a Pilgrim is up there.
Bible, Anthologion, Philokalia vol 1, some sort of book on how to build stuff.
Id be able to read scripture, pray my daily prayers, keep the feasts, and read a nice variety of desert fathers, which seems fitting being on a desert island.
Honorable mention Bros K
I'm with you-love Harry Potter. I see definite Christ-like imagery in these books and it's just darn good writing :) The Bible definitely -love the RSV Catholic 2nd edition. I have fallen in love with the beautiful writings of Ephrem the Syrian so that's going in my bag. And I am currently reading The Lord by Romano Guardini during Lent and honestly, it may turn out to be my 4th book.
St. Ephrem is amazing. I have lots of his works. Hymns on Paradise, Spiritual Psalter, Eschatological Hymns and Homilies and the Schaff volume with his Hymns on the Nativity, Epiphany, the Faith and three homilies.
Ephrem's Nativity Hymns are some of my favorites!
@@jonathanhnosko7563 Same.
Nice choices. Other than the bible i would take We Shall See Him As He Is by St Sophrony.
1) The Bible (RSV-CE)
2) Les Miserables
3) Don Quixote
4) The Brothers Karamazov
I have never read Don Quixote, but the others are certainly excellent choices
@@johnpaulhumphrey2981 I strong encourage you to read Don Quixote. It is hilarious, heartfelt, philosophical, and tragic. It's among the best ever penned to paper. It is arguably juvenile humour, but honestly....if you're stranded on a desert island, it's not a bad thing to laugh every so often. Don Quixote had me in hysterics.
1. Bible + BCP single volume (they're out there) -- Duh
2. East of Eden by John Steinbeck -- One of the greatest works of modern fiction and it would take a lifetime to plumb its depths
3. The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton -- This story is delightful and it deals partly with the problem of evil, a struggle that I would likely face alone on a desert island
4. The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila -- Inspires me to deepen my prayer life
Love GK Chesterton
Bible (with Apocrypha for the extra reading material); George Herbert; Matsuo Basho The Narrow Road to the Deep North etc.; Montaigne's Essays. Of course the list would change tomorrow...
I was also going to mention a book about boat building; I think Chesterton said that or Mark Twain or someone. Also I totally knew you were going to say Harry Potter and I agree about the reasoning there. Also, if you take a study Bible or devotional Bible, you get two for one. I would totally take the CS Lewis Bible so that I get the Bible, but also large excerpts from the works of CS Lewis. and I will definitely take the Lord of the rings. Maybe even Shakespeare or some other classic literature. And some kind of practical survival or foraging type book.
Deacon Daniel, may I suggest " The Quest for Shakespeare: The Bard of Avon and the Church of Rome " by Joseph Pearce ?
Wonderful book choices!
Gee I hope you don’t feel that way about the Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot. Dove Descending by Thomas Howard is a good guide. All well worth the effort
I don't feel that way about Eliot at all!
@@GospelSimplicity Great. Not all Eliot is created equal (but true of all poets). My favorite poet is actually Wallace Stevens. I love certain poems of his but they are definitely "post christian" (although using some christian tropes/topics) , but then I was surprised to find he apparently made a conversion in his last months of life. Most don't know that. In fact , a friend of mine who was (at one time) the poet laurate or something of Colorado didn't know it and was shocked.
The book: "St. Silouan the Athonite"
Most inspirational book from an orthodox saint
Robinson Crusoe, The Swiss Family Robinson, Treasure Island and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. 😉
Hahaha. Nice 4th book. I wasn't expecting that. I like Harry potter too, but definitely a controversial book in Christian circles.
Chronicles of Narnia
thank you will check outa coupleof theses new books
1.- Bible
2.- Military manual for survival
3.- Wheelock's Latin
4.- Lingua latina per se ilustrata
5.- The tales of the Otori
All books I already have
1) The Bible
2) The Book of Common Prayer
3) Walden
4) Don Quijote de La Mancha
I would take The Master and Margarita, The Lord of the Rings, and The Brothers Karamazov.
My four would be:
1. KJV Bible
2. The Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyolitis
3. Book of Common Prayer
4. The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) by St. Exupery
1. I need my Bible,.....period!
2. This is the reference book for my illness.
3. Helps to prepare for worship.
4. My childhood favorite.
There could be a lot more, i too love to read books😊.
Keep up the great work 👍.
Miss Monique 🙂🙏🌷💗
Practical survival resources aside, my top four are: 1. The Scroll of Job (my favorite work of Holy Scripture for its central poem on wisdom, subtle christology, and commentary on creation in the divine speeches), 2. A facsimile of Great Isaiah Scroll from the Dead Sea Scrolls 3. Against Heresies by Irenaeus, and 4. Free by Lea Ypi.
1. the Bible
2. Zbigniew Herbert's poetry (Polish contemporary poet)
3. Anne of Green Gables
4. Summa Theologica (I would have all the eternity of time to read it)
The Brothers Karamazov because it's super long, super deep and I finally wouldn't have an excuse not to read it. Harry Potter is a good answer, definitely a comfort read
It’s so hard to decide 4 but honestly one of them that I would for sure take is Bunyan’s “The Pilgrim’s Progress”. Always going to be a classic book for my faith journey.
Addition: besides the Bible it would be hard to decide 3 others
The Way of the Pilgrim is like The Pilgrim's Progress for Orthodox Christians. Check it out.
I did not allow my son to read Harry Potter. He did in secret. Then I vokunteered to teach reading. I aaked a kid what he wanted as a reward for his progress. He was at grade 1 level in reading but in 4th grade age wise, through no fault of his own. He lacked help inside and outside school and he was not stupid. He asked me to read Harry Potter to him as his reward. I guess he wanted to keep up with his classmates. I was hooked. Why? Because it is well written, it is the basic story of good vs evil with characters, who are not ambivalent. The good are not half good, the bad are not half bad but they may repent and become good in acts of selflessness. There is mystery in discovering, who is not what they seem and suspense in how the story will play out. It is so well written that one can overlook the non-sense. I felt sorry for limiting my son and having him disobey me to read these books, though I do not love magic, not even the word.
I'd pick any of the books on my shelf so I'd acrually get round to reading them 😅
Great discussion. Here's my books:
1. The Bible (NASB)
2. The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee
3. The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer
4. Book of Common Prayer
I like the Normal Christian Life!
@@KayElayempea Yes. It has been the most impactful book on my walk with God that I've ever read.
Whose version of “The Way of a Pilgrim?”
Hard to pick only four
I’d go with:
the Bible
Latin mass daily missal (the oral tradition in book form)
Theology and sanity by frank sheed
Imitation of Christ
‘The Orthodox Study Bible’ (I want the Septuagint O.T., Apocryphal Books, Icon pages and daily prayers),
‘The Way of the Pilgrim’, ‘The Great Divorce’ by C.S.Lewis.
‘Hear Me’, a prayer book for young adults…the author is my daughter Annalisa Boyd. Knowing her exceptional love for Christ, the comfort of her words would soothe the loneliness of isolation.
I assume there’s a freebie survival guide. Come on!
I'll search for information about your daughter's book.
Yes! The Orthodox Study Bible - I have it. I occasionally love to read the apocryphal books.
@@KirstyE3 St. Paul included the deuterocanonical books in his Bible, we should too. Jerome wanted these books removed from the Canon but the bishops over ruled him. Jerome is the man who termed the title "Apocryphal". Unfortunately the Protestants followed Jerome's dishonest scholarship in translating the Latin Vulgate.
@@roddumlauf9241Wouldn't call St Jerome dishonest, he was just deceived by his interactions with the jews of his time.
@iccrusader123 Catholic Crusader, I agree with you that Jerome was deceived by his interactions with the Jews of his day. However, when he tried to defend his translation of the Latin Vulgate based on the proto-Masoretic text , he claimed that whenever the Apostles quote the Old Testament, they quoted from the Hebrew and not the Greek Septuagint. This was either a lie, or Jerome himself had horrid translation skills and was unable to read the ancient texts for himself; because as we know know, the exact opposite is true. The Apostles and Jesus quota from the Septuagint and not the Masoretic most of the time. I believe St. Augustin was correct when he was furious with Jerome for his monumental blunder of changing our Bibles to a more corrupted Masoretic text. The Septuagint is superior.
I like these broad categories (Bible, Spiritual Fiction, Poems, Nostalgic and Cozy), so I'll try to stick with them (easier than an actual top 4):
The Anglican Office Book, 2nd Edition (mostly because you get BCP stuff + KJV Bible with Deuterocanonical books- yes, I'm a cheat)
The Brothers Karamazov
Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
David Copperfield
Phew 😅 I thought your fourth choice was going to be The Shack. Harry Potter sounds great!
-The Bible (RSV CE2 or KJV for Catholics)
-The Life of Christ (Abp Fulton Sheen)
-The Narniad (CS Lewis)
-Divine Worship: Daily Office
Will a multiple volume series count as one or many books?
In my theoretical experiment, many
@@GospelSimplicity Man that makes it very difficult. Five would be easier.
Hey, if you can get it bound in a single book, it should count as one. :)
Bible, Frankenstein, Gentle and Lowly, Kaneko Misuzus poetry book
1. Lexham English Septuagint (Old Testament)
2. "The Kingdom New Testament" (Translation by N.T. Wright)
3. 1928 Book of Common Prayer
4. Anglo-Saxon Spirituality- The Classics of Western Spirituality
1. Bible
2. Dune series
3. LOTR
4. Vagabond manga
1. Right. 2. Fine 3. Ok 4. Wrong answer. (mildly kidding ;)
I respect the Harry Potter choice. Good books. 5th grade reading the first 3 was mind blwoing
1. The Bible 2. Confessions 3. LOTR. 4. Survival book
Harry Potter isn’t bad just created after my generation. My daughter watches it on loop. BTW though LOTR is objectively better!
The Bible, Lord of the Rings, US Army Survival Guide, The Great Gatsby
US Army Survival Guide is a very practical addition
I would take 4 survival books and pray Jonahs Prayer over and over until i died trying to survive
If I MUST have 5
Holy Scripture
The Book of Common Prayer
Book of Concord
The Bruised Reed
However, if we could maybe make the exception of the Bible +4 books, my list would be quite different.
The examination of the council of Trent volumes, one through four😂
i would take the Bible, Way of the pilgrim, Catechism of the Catholic Church and Harry Potter.
1. Lutheran Study Bible
2. 101 Famous Poems - Roy Cook
3. Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
4. Til We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis
Bible, Catholic Missal, St Augustine City of God, Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
1. Bible
2. The Sickness Unto Death
3. An exact exposition of the orthodox faith
4. The Lord of the Flies (the better book with Christian themes that started with 'The Lord of...', sorry LOTR!)
For The Way of a Pilgrim, is there a translation that you prefer?
I've read that the SAGOM Press volume has missing text restored but I haven't read other translations to figure out which sections were restored. I read that translation and loved it. Their bookstore has lots of reprinted Patristic classics.
@@ElonMuskrat-my8jy Thank you ...I'll check out SAGOM.
What Bible? Catholic Bible? Protestant Bible? Or one of the eastern orthodox bibles?
The Bible
Catechism of the catholic church
Lord of the Rings
Survival guide 😉
Lots of people selected Harry Potter as one of the books they would bring. I've never read any of the Harry Potter series and have never seen the movies. Just not interested. Perhaps because I'm from a different generation (in my early 60s). Also not thrilled about the magic/witchcraft aspect of the series.
I knew you were going to say Harry Potter 😂
Had to!
Harry Potter? 🤗
Bible
Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis De Sales
Confessions
Harry Potter
Bible
TLOTR
Pride and prejudice
Jane Eyre
Harry Potter is great.
I'm not going to cancel you, but I would suggest you replace Harry Potter with The Wind in the Willows.
No hate... you do you... But I no longer trust your judgment about books... ;-)
Come on!! Harry Potter is awesome!! And hey, there’s Christian themes in there. Potter sacrificing himself and resurrecting at the end of the Deathly Hollows? It’s an awesome series.
Someone gets it!
Before this video started I promised myself if anything by CS Lewis is on the list I'll unsubscribe for eternity. So sick and tired of people making his opus second Bible. And I don't mind Harry Potter at all. Good choices. Thanks!
What's the problem with Lewis?
Why on earth would you have a problem with C.S. Lewis to the point that you would unsubscribe. True, maybe we elevate his work too much, but the magnitude of conversions to Christ from people reading Lewis is monumental.
@@roddumlauf9241 Probaly because protestants tend to put him on a pedestal as some sort of quasi-saint.