I enjoyed reading "Isaac Newton
", one of the Christian Encounters books published by Thomas Nelson Publishers. This was the first biography I’ve read in many years, and it has piqued my interest in reading other biographies. Mitch Stokes does a good job of describing Mr. Newton’s life, including his triumphs, trials, and disagreements with other scholars of his day. Isaac Newton was very intelligent, but yet also very humble. He made a lot of discoveries in the scientific and mathematic worlds, but he was not prone to boasting about his achievements. He pursued knowledge because he believed that in doing so he was worshiping God – his love for God was the driving force behind most of his work. “The ultimate goal of Newton’s studies was to know God and ‘give him honour & glory.’ … Newton believed that all knowledge – including knowledge of nature – was, in the end, knowledge of God. Knowing was worship.”The book mentions on multiple occasions that Isaac Newton spent a great deal of time on theological research and writings, but doesn’t really go into much detail about his theological writings. This was rather surprising to me, considering that the book is part of the Christian Encounters series and the book cover says that Isaac Newton wrote far more about theological topics than anything else. I would have appreciated a little more focus on his theological writings. Overall it is a great book and I recommend it.
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Sounds like a great book. I have the Jane Austen one to read and review.