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	Work Less, Finish More: Productivity Lessons on How to Spend Less Time Working and Get More Done by Megan Holstein, Sam Holstein (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why You Should Write for Medium.com: The Best Way to Get Readers and Make Money Blogging by Megan Holstein, Sam Holstein (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	iPhone App Design for Entrepreneurs: Find Success on the App Store without Coding by Megan Holstein, Sam Holstein (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mastering Minimalism: The Ultimate Guide to the Minimalist Lifestyle by Megan Holstein, Sam Holstein (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Make Your First $100 on Medium by Megan Holstein, Sam Holstein (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Idea to App: The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Making iOS Apps by Megan E. Holstein, Sam Holstein (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There All Along by Megan E. Holstein, Sam Holstein (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

by Timothy J. Keller

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John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace

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The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance

by Matthew McKay (Goodreads Author)

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I’m not evangelical, thirty years old, and have a history that makes the ‘sexual sins’ described in this book look like amateur hour. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed this book. Despite not agreeing with some points of doctrine, it overall gave me a ne ...more
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I didn't even make it through the first chapter. The author dismissed (any) God as a possible ground of objective morality before even providing an argument, and his characterization of various Bible passages in his nearly immediate several-paragraph ...more
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