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The Holy Bible - Ephesians

The Letter to the Ephesians is Paul’s grand picture of God’s plan, written from prison around 60–62 AD. He shows how Christ unites Jews and Gentiles into one new people, the church.

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The Holy Bible - Galatians

The Letter to the Galatians is Paul’s sharp defence of the true gospel, written around 48–55 AD. False teachers told Gentile believers they must follow Jewish law to be saved.

Books

I Am Giorgia by Giorgia Meloni

Giorgia Meloni’s I Am Giorgia is an autobiographical manifesto that traces her journey from a working-class Roman neighbourhood to becoming Italy’s first female prime minister.

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The Holy Bible - Second Corinthians

The Second Letter to the Corinthians is Paul’s most personal letter, written around 56 AD. He defends his ministry, explains his hardships, and begs the church to forgive a sinner and stay loyal to the true gospel.

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The Holy Bible - First Corinthians

The First Letter to the Corinthians is Paul’s firm yet loving reply to a troubled church in Corinth around 55 AD. He tackles division, sexual sin, lawsuits, marriage problems, disorder in worship, and confusion about the resurrection.

Books

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince tells the story of a pilot who crashes in the Sahara and meets a small boy from asteroid B-612.

Monthly Updates

Monthly update #0427 • November 2025

Monthly update 427 • November 2025 • 2025-11-01 - 2025-11-30

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    The Holy Bible - Romans

    The Book of Romans is a letter from Paul to the church in Rome, written around 57 AD. It explains the gospel clearly: all have sinned, salvation comes by faith alone, and God’s grace changes lives.

    Books

    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby follows mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby through the eyes of his neighbor, Nick Carraway, during the roaring summer of 1922 on Long Island.

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    Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

    Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick follows Ishmael, a sailor who joins the whaling ship Pequod under the command of the monomaniacal Captain Ahab.

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    The Holy Bible - Acts

    The Book of Acts, written by Luke around 80 AD, tells what happened after Jesus rose and went to heaven. It shows the Holy Spirit coming at Pentecost and the church growing from Jerusalem to Rome.

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    The Holy Bible - John

    The Book of John, written around 90 AD by the disciple John, shows Jesus as the Son of God. It focuses on who Jesus is more than what He did.

    Gems

    Steve Jobs: Pixar, The Early Days

    To mark Toy Story's 30th anniversary, a previously unseen interview with Steve Jobs from 22 November 1996 is released.

    Development

    Embedded Swift Improvements Coming in Swift 6.3

    Swift 6.3 advances Embedded Swift, a subset for microcontrollers, with key improvements in libraries, diagnostics, C interoperability, debugging, and linking.

    Books

    Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

    Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina follows Anna, a married aristocrat who begins an affair with Count Vronsky, leading to scandal and tragedy.

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    The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

    Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea follows Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who has gone 84 days without a catch.

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    I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek

    Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek’s I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist builds a step-by-step case for Christianity using reason, science, and history.

    Movies

    Bonhoeffer

    Bonhoeffer (2024), directed by Todd Komarnicki, tells the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor and thinker who fought the Nazi regime from within. Jonas Dassler plays Bonhoeffer with calm fire, deep thought, and growing resolve.

    Development

    Instrumenting Vapor 4 with Swift OTel

    The tutorial guides developers through instrumenting a Vapor 4 application with OpenTelemetry for metrics collection, visualised in Grafana, emphasising observability’s role in understanding system behaviour without code inspection.

    Development

    Introducing Temporal Swift SDK: Building durable and reliable workflows

    The Temporal Swift SDK is now open source, bringing Temporal's durable workflow orchestration to Swift developers for reliable distributed systems.

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    The Holy Bible - Luke

    The Book of Luke, written around 60–80 AD by Luke the doctor, tells Jesus’ life in careful order. It shows Jesus as the Saviour for all people, including the poor, women, and outsiders.

    Books

    Darkest Hour by Anthony McCarten

    Anthony McCarten’s Darkest Hour chronicles Winston Churchill’s first weeks as Prime Minister in May 1940, as Nazi forces overrun Europe and Britain faces invasion.

    Movies

    Rose

    Rose (2022), directed by Aurélie Saada, follows a woman named Rose who faces mid-life change. Sofie Gråbøl plays Rose with warm strength. She deals with family and old dreams.

    Monthly Updates

    Monthly update #0426 • October 2025

    Monthly update 426 • October 2025 • 2025-10-01 - 2025-10-31

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      The Holy Bible - Mark

      The Book of Mark, written around 60-70 AD, tells the story of Jesus' life and work. It shows Jesus as the suffering servant who acts with power.