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Chris Davis is the pastor of Groveton Baptist Church in Alexandria, VA, where he lives with his wife and four children. You can find his articles at TheRodAndStaff.com

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Bright Hope for Tomorrow: How Anticipating Jesus’ Return Gives Strength for Today

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The World's Largest Man

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Disarming Leviathan: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor

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The Dragon, the Mountain, and the Nations: An Old Testament Myth, Its Origins, and Its Afterlives (Explorations in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations)

by Robert D. Miller II

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If you are an Anglophile who loves mysteries then this will be a delightful treat. Lord Peter’s joie de vivre leaps off the page and the mystery is wonderfully engaging.
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Chris Davis and 1 other person liked Parker's review of The Dragon, the Mountain, and the Nations: An Old Testament Myth, Its Origins, and Its Afterlives (Explorations in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations): "I have pretty mixed feelings about this book. • The methodology of Comparative Mythology, drawn from the methods of Comparative Linguistics, is extremely interesting to me. I would like to see a work that explicitly lays out all its basic principles. •" Read more of this review »
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