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TRUTHS WHICH MY CHURCH NEVER TOLD ME

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Author : Jean Gesner Dieuvil
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1468523287
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book TRUTHS WHICH MY CHURCH NEVER TOLD ME written by Jean Gesner Dieuvil and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first century AD , the Galilean foreigners who lived in the land of Israel conspired to destroy , with a new and destructive religious concepts , the lawful , moral , and traditional religion of the children of Israel . They tampered with the prophetic messages , the finest principles that applied to the scriptures to develop negativity , doubt , and fear that troubled the world . TRUTHS WHICH MY CHURCH NEVER TOLD ME is introduced today as an engaging book that gives the readers a toolbox of great ideas and the wisdom of humanity by proposing explanations and possibilities that are intriguing and debatable in the circles of truth seekers. TRUTHS WHICH MY CHURCH NEVER TOLD ME covers a wide array of prophecies related to how the words of God , especially the most important ones come to be in the form they are If your aim, as a student of the bible , is truth . In reading TRUTHS WHICH MY CHURCH NEVER TOLD ME you will be motivated to learn that no change or partition and no relation of space or time bear any reference to your God who is immutable, infinite and eternal. There will be any appearance or disappearance of the Lord God . Where would you do with the disappearance of your inner darkness? Remember, only the desire for truth, the love of truth that lies at the core of each man can free mankind from the falsity and lies of ego .

Why the Church Is as True as the Gospel

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Author : Eugene England
Publisher : Mormon Arts & Letters
ISBN 13 : 9780850511017
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Why the Church Is as True as the Gospel written by Eugene England and published by Mormon Arts & Letters. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, c1986.

Where the Light Fell

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Author : Philip Yancey
Publisher : Convergent Books
ISBN 13 : 0593238524
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Where the Light Fell written by Philip Yancey and published by Convergent Books. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this searing meditation on the bonds of family and the allure of extremist faith, one of today’s most celebrated Christian writers recounts his unexpected journey from a strict fundamentalist upbringing to a life of compassion and grace—a revelatory memoir that “invites comparison to Hillbilly Elegy” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). “Searing, heartrending . . . This stunning tale reminds us that the only way to keep living is to ask God for the impossible: love, forgiveness, and hope.”—Kate Bowler, New York Times bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason Raised by an impoverished widow who earned room and board as a Bible teacher in 1950s Atlanta, Philip Yancey and his brother, Marshall, found ways to venture out beyond the confines of their eight-foot-wide trailer. But when Yancey was in college, he uncovered a shocking secret about his father’s death—a secret that began to illuminate the motivations that drove his mother to extreme, often hostile religious convictions and a belief that her sons had been ordained for a divine cause. Searching for answers, Yancey dives into his family origins, taking us on an evocative journey from the backwoods of the Bible Belt to the bustling streets of Philadelphia; from trailer parks to church sanctuaries; from family oddballs to fire-and-brimstone preachers and childhood awakenings through nature, music, and literature. In time, the weight of religious and family pressure sent both sons on opposite paths—one toward healing from the impact of what he calls a “toxic faith,” the other into a self-destructive spiral. Where the Light Fell is a gripping family narrative set against a turbulent time in post–World War II America, shaped by the collision of Southern fundamentalism with the mounting pressures of the civil rights movement and Sixties-era forces of social change. In piecing together his fragmented personal history and his search for redemption, Yancey gives testament to the enduring power of our hunger for truth and the possibility of faith rooted in grace instead of fear. “I truly believe this is the one book I was put on earth to write,” says Yancey. “So many of the strands from my childhood—racial hostility, political division, culture wars—have resurfaced in modern form. Looking back points me forward.”

What's So Amazing About Grace? Revised and Updated

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Author : Philip Yancey
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310367816
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book What's So Amazing About Grace? Revised and Updated written by Philip Yancey and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD! It's the most powerful force in the universe, our only hope for love and forgiveness, and a foretaste of eternal life: amazing, radical, life-changing grace. Millions of lives have been changed by award-winning author Philip Yancey's startling exploration of grace at street level. Grace is the one thing the world can't duplicate, the healing force we need, and the key to transforming a broken world. In this revised and updated edition of his personal and provocative book, Yancey offers true portraits of grace's life-changing power. These stories, set in the midst of life's stark realities, evoke such questions as: If grace is God's love for the undeserving, how do I get it? How well are we dispensing grace to a world that knows far more of strife and unforgiveness than it does of mercy? Can grace make a difference in the midst of such atrocities as the Nazi holocaust, and how can it withstand the brutality of hate? With powerful stories, rich theology, and practical suggestions, Yancey challenges us to become living answers to a world that desperately needs to know, What's So Amazing About Grace?

The Jesus I Never Knew

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Author : Philip Yancey
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310295815
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Jesus I Never Knew written by Philip Yancey and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2008-09-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does the Jesus of the New Testament compare to the Jesus we think we know so well? Join bestselling author Philip Yancey as he conducts an enlightening biblical and historical investigation into the real Jesus. From the manger in Bethlehem to the cross in Jerusalem, Philip Yancey presents a complex character who generates questions as well as answers--a disturbing and exhilarating Jesus who wants to radically transform your life and stretch your faith. In The Jesus I Never Knew, Yancey: Cuts through existing views and preconceptions of Jesus, citing experts from church history, modern history, and popular culture Discusses how different people and cultures view Jesus Dissects popular quotes about Jesus Points us back to the Bible The Jesus I Never Knew will engage your heart, mind, emotions, and senses, preparing you for a new, life-changing encounter with the real Jesus described in the Gospels. Praise for The Jesus I Never Knew: "This is the best book about Jesus I have ever read, probably the best book about Jesus in the whole century. Yancey gently took away my blinders and blazed the trail through my own doubting fears, pious know-it-all, and critical balderdash until I saw the Savior anew and thought I heard him ask me, 'Now whom do you say that I am?' and I understood the question as I never had before." --Lewis B. Smedes, Senior Professor, Fuller Seminary "Philip Yancey takes the reader with him on his very personal journey to Jesus. In The Jesus I Never Knew, I became convinced that the Jesus I met--in some ways for the first time--has known me all along. This book is destined to become a favorite--to recommend to those still seeking Jesus and to pass along to those who've met him, but long to know him more." --Elisa Morgan, President Emerita, MOPS International

What the Saints Never Said

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Author : Trent Horn
Publisher : Catholic Answers Press
ISBN 13 : 9781683570691
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book What the Saints Never Said written by Trent Horn and published by Catholic Answers Press. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "God helps those who help themselves." - The Bible? "Preach the gospel always; when necessary, use words." - St. Francis of Assisi? Sayings like these are such a part of modern pious tradition that we assume they come from the Bible, the mouths of saints, or the pens of famous Christian writers. In What the Saints Never Said, apologist Trent Horn takes over forty of these well-known but dubious sayings and attempts to track them to their true source. In so doing he finds some that are close to what was really said, many that were mis-attributed or twisted beyond their original meaning, and more than a few that were just plain made up! Trent Horn sets the record straight,

They Never Told Me this in Church

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Author : Greg S. Deuble
Publisher : Restoration Fellowship
ISBN 13 : 0967324955
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (673 download)

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Download or read book They Never Told Me this in Church written by Greg S. Deuble and published by Restoration Fellowship. This book was released on 2006 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a consensus among many New Testament scholars that much of what the historical Jesus and his apostles taught has been submerged by an influx of post-biblical tradition. Subtle foreign influences, mostly from pagan Greek philosophy, which neither Jesus nor his first-century followers would recognize or endorse, have obscured the original Gospel as Jesus preached it. Most churchgoers accept without question, unbiblical traditions which they have never seriously investigated.In They Never Told Me This in Church! Greg Deuble invites the reader to a careful re-examination of ?the faith once delivered? in the light of the Hebrew heritage which formed the framework of all that Jesus taught in regard to himself and his Gospel mission. From the Foreword: ?This does not mean at all that Greg has given up faith in holy Scripture. Far from it. There is nothing trendy or gimmicky in his approach. Rather, he has learned to read the Bible from its own Hebrew perspective, and shedding a large quantity of traditional baggage has made the Bible all the more brilliant and telling. Because he is an honest student of truth, Greg has been rewarded...with unusual insight. He has a knack of getting to the heart of the issues. He has brought in a wealth of modern scholarly support for his argument, and the quotations gleaned from his wide reading are impressive. He adds a pleasing dose of Aussie humour to his writing while he invites us to re-examine all the major issues of biblical theology. The personal warmth of the author and his pastoral touch are evident in all he writes.?They Never Told Me This in Church! will inspire and challenge all who claim devotion to Jesus, and many who are searching for the meaning of his role in history. They will be enabled to read the Bible with new eyes! The confused state of divided Christendom in our time demands just such an honest and radical investigation.

Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview

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Author : J. P. Moreland
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830876499
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview written by J. P. Moreland and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-09-20 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of a 2004 ECPA Gold Medallion Award! Winner of an Award of Excellence in the 2003 Chicago Book Clinic! What is real? What is truth? What can we know? What should we believe? What should we do and why? Is there a God? Can we know him? Do Christian doctrines make sense? Can we believe in God in the face of evil? These are fundamental questions that any thinking person wants answers to. These are questions that philosophy addresses. And the answers we give to these kinds of questions serve as the the foundation stones for consrtucting any kind of worldview. In Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview J.P. Moreland and William Lane Craig offer a comprehensive introduction to philosophy from a Christian perspective. In their broad sweep they seek to introduce readers to the principal subdisciplines of philosophy, including epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of science, ethics and philosophy of religion. They do so with characteristic clarity and incisiveness. Arguments are clearly outlined, and rival theories are presented with fairness and accuracy. Philosophy, they contend, aids Christians in the tasks of apologetics, polemics and systematic theology. It reflects our having been made in the image of God, helps us to extend biblical teaching into areas not expressly addressed in Scripture, facilitates the spiritual discipline of study, enhances the boldness and self-image of the Christian community, and is requisite to the essential task of integrating faith and learning. Here is a lively and thorough introduction to philosophy for all who want to know reality.

Five Forgotten Truths

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Author : John R. Gaters
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1512717134
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book Five Forgotten Truths written by John R. Gaters and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five Forgotten Truths will call America’s Christians back to the truths that have been, literally, forgotten. If you’ve ever sat in church and thought, there must be more to it than this, then you need to read this book. It will lead you to a deeper walk with Christ and to a much better understanding of God and His great plan of redemption. What about salvation? Who is saved and how are we saved? Does God really expect us to be holy in our everyday lives? How do we achieve that? And what about stewardship? Do I have to attend church every Sunday to be a Christian? Five Forgotten Truths answers these deeply practical questions but also reveals the big picture answers behind them. Who is God and why did He create us? What is His plan for the world? For me? There really is more to it than this, and this is the book to help you find the answers you’ve always asked for but have never received.

Made to Move Mountains

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Author : Kristen Welch
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493421344
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Made to Move Mountains written by Kristen Welch and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is an incredible journey with ups and downs. We soar, struggle, scale and stumble, and often stand at the edge of cliffs, afraid to step into the unknown, unsure of where we will land. But instead of running away, we are called by God to stand firm, muster up what faith we can, and take a step. Because we were made to move mountains. In this inspiring book, Kristen Welch calls you to step out in faith and climb the mountain in front of you--not because you are good enough or adequate or able, but because God makes a way where there is no way. With heartbreaking and hopeful personal stories, Scripture, and questions for contemplation, she draws you out of fear and into a holy confidence, showing you that the mountain in your path was put there on purpose, so that you could exercise--and grow--your faith.

Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days

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Author : The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publisher : The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ISBN 13 : 1629737100
Total Pages : 1683 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days written by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 1683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1820, a young farm boy in search of truth has a vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ. Three years later, an angel guides him to an ancient record buried in a hill near his home. With God’s help, he translates the record and organizes the Savior’s church in the latter days. Soon others join him, accepting the invitation to become Saints through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. But opposition and violence follow those who defy old traditions to embrace restored truths. The women and men who join the church must choose whether or not they will stay true to their covenants, establish Zion, and proclaim the gospel to a troubled world. The Standard of Truth is the first book in Saints, a new, four-volume narrative history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Fast-paced, meticulously researched, Saints recounts true stories of Latter-day Saints across the globe and answers the Lord’s call to write history “for the good of the church, and for the rising generations” (Doctrine and Covenants 69:8).

Mama Bear Apologetics

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Author : Hillary Morgan Ferrer
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0736976159
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Mama Bear Apologetics written by Hillary Morgan Ferrer and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Foreword written by Nancy Pearcey* "Parents are the most important apologists our kids will ever know. Mama Bear Apologetics will help you navigate your kids’ questions and prepare them to become committed Christ followers.” —J. Warner Wallace "If every Christian mom would apply this book in her parenting, it would profoundly transform the next generation." —Natasha Crain #RoarLikeAMother The problem with lies is they don’t often sound like lies. They seem harmless, and even sound right. So what’s a Mama Bear to do when her kids seem to be absorbing the culture’s lies uncritically? Mama Bear Apologetics® is the book you’ve been looking for. This mom-to-mom guide will equip you to teach your kids how to form their own biblical beliefs about what is true and what is false. Through transparent life stories and clear, practical applications—including prayer strategies—this band of Mama Bears offers you tools to train yourself, so you can turn around and train your kids. Are you ready to answer the rallying cry, “Mess with our kids and we will demolish your arguments”? Join the Mama Bears and raise your voice to protect your kids—by teaching them how to think through and address the issues head-on, yet with gentleness and respect.

I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die

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Author : Sarah J. Robinson
Publisher : WaterBrook
ISBN 13 : 0593193539
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die written by Sarah J. Robinson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

Wholehearted Faith

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Author : Rachel Held Evans
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062894498
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Wholehearted Faith written by Rachel Held Evans and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller “A touching series of essays in which Evans, with Chu’s invisible pen, explores how one might find a path forward in Christianity beyond conservative evangelicalism” -Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker “Evans died at 37, but a beautiful new book captures her brave outlook. . . . I could not help but notice the poetry in Evans’s prose. . . . What readers will find in these pages was someone deeply human: funny, irreverent, curious, wise, forgiving, nonjudgmental.” -Maggie Smith, The Washington Post A collection of original writings by Rachel Held Evans, whose reflections on faith and life continue to encourage, challenge, and influence. Rachel Held Evans is widely recognized for her theologically astute, profoundly honest, and beautifully personal books, which have guided, instructed, edified, and shaped Christians as they seek to live out a just and loving faith. At the time of her tragic death in 2019, Rachel was working on a new book about wholeheartedness. With the help of her close friend and author Jeff Chu, that work-in-progress has been woven together with some of her other unpublished writings into a rich collection of essays that ask candid questions about the stories we’ve been told—and the stories we tell—about our faith, our selves, and our world. This book is for the doubter and the dreamer, the seeker and the sojourner, those who long for a sense of spiritual wholeness as well as those who have been hurt by the Church but can’t seem to let go of the story of Jesus. Through theological reflection and personal recollection, Rachel wrestles with God’s grace and love, looks unsparingly at what the Church is and does, and explores universal human questions about becoming and belonging. An unforgettable, moving, and intimate book.

The Sermons, Lectures, and Addresses

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Author : Thomas Nicolas Burke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Lies My Pastor Told Me

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Author : Cole Brown
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781724719607
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Lies My Pastor Told Me written by Cole Brown and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both our concept of God and our daily life as Christians are shaped by what we hear in church. Unfortunately, some of the things that are most repeated in church culture are also those things that are least true. Lies My Pastor Told Me confronts 18 of these church clichés with the gospel of Jesus Christ and shows how each one robs Jesus of the glory he deserves and rob his people of the true good he has for them. Cole Brown writes from his own experience, having heard, believed and even taught these lies. The arguments used in the book to correct these lies are the same lies he found in the Bible and heard from other Christians, and those that ultimately led him to abandoned what he believed and find freedom and joy in the truths of the gospel. Lies My Pastor Told Me is not a book against pastors (the author himself is a pastor). It is a book against lies. It aims to point us toward the Chief Pastor, the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ, who himself is the Truth who never lies. To help leaders, we have included a DISCUSSION GUIDE after each chapter.

Blueprint of Christ's Church

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Author : Tadd R. Callister
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781639930739
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Blueprint of Christ's Church written by Tadd R. Callister and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: