Last night I got locked out of my own room. I stepped out of the master’s bedroom to get a book from my shelf when my hyperactive son (he’s three) slammed and locked the door behind me. My wife’s out (working late) and my spare key was in my wallet, inside the room! Well, my son panicked a bit since he’s having a hard time unlocking the door (it’s a bit stiff), so I had to talk him into slowly turning the lock knob counter-clockwise.
Because of this little episode, I decided to have another set of readily keys available during minor emergencies. Since my son already knows all the nooks and crannies in the house where I can hide the keys, I decided to make a hollow book like they do in movies. According to this online guide, it has to be hardbound and preferably thick. Also, it should not stand out from the other books in my bookshelf (a Tami Hoag hardback would look out of place in my shelf). So I looked at my shelf for a good candidate, and here’s what I found:
From the bottom up: a) Asimov’s Guide to the Bible, b) Christian Theology, c) The New Oxford Annotated Bible 2nd Ed., and d) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
I’ll probably not choose Asimov’s book. It’s out of print and a bit hard to find locally. So that leaves me with three. Of the three, I haven’t read the Harry Potter one, so that’s off the list as well. Which leaves me with two choices: the bible or Erickson’s theology book. It’s kind of hard since they’re both great references. I use the annotations in the NOAB whenever I read a bible passage, and Erickson when I want to find out a typical evangelical position on a certain doctrine.
Maybe I should nick a Gideon bible when I stay at a hotel next time, and use that instead? Or if anyone out there would send me a thick hardback, I would really appreciate it. It’s for a good cause. :-)
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