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Principles for Living in the Negative World
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Patrick Henry Reardon on Proverbial Answers for Annoying Questions
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Contours of Culture
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Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology by Eugene Peterson
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Calvin Stapert's A New Song for an Old World: Musical Thought in the Early Church
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Points of Contact
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