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Dean Hardy

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Religion & Spirituality, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Philosophy

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Dean Hardy is a Bible Teacher at Charlotte Christian School North Carolina. His resume includes working with Palm Beach County Youth for Christ and a Masters degree under the tutelage of Norman Geisler at Southern Evangelical Seminary. In his spare time he enjoys watching Nascar races and the NFL as well as dabbling in philosophy and reading the works of C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, and George Macdonald. Dean's pinnacle passion are his wife and two sons with whom he lives in Matthews, NC. You can follow his adventures on Twitter @DeanHardy23 and on instagram at dhardy2.

In 2007, Dean published his first book Stand Your Ground: An Introductory Text for Apologetics Students via Wipf and Stock Publishers. The book has gained support from such a ...more

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First I wanted to give a quick thanks to Bonnie Watson for asking me to participate in this blog hop. She’s a fellow fantasy author and an amazing artist. Her work is definitely worth checking out; you can see some of her work in progress at https://wisdomnovels.wordpress.com/

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	Stand Your Ground: An Introductory Text for Apologetics Students 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2007 — 5 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
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	Waking the Dead: George MacDonald as Philosopher, Mystic, and Apologist 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 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
	Wild Temptations: The Gay MM Dirty Taboo Compilation of Explicit Erotic Short Stories, 10 books in one! it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
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George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles: Incarnation, Doubt, and Reenchantment (Hansen Lectureship Series)

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“The world...is full of resurrections... Every night that folds us up in darkness is a death; and those of you that have been out early, and have seen the first of the dawn, will know it - the day rises out of the night like a being that has burst its tomb and escaped into life.”
― George MacDonald, The Seaboard Parish

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“Philosophers can debate the meaning of life, but you need a Lord who can declare the meaning of life.”
― Max Lucado, Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

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