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	How to Teach Kids Theology: Deep Truths for Growing Faith by Sam Luce (Goodreads Author), Hunter Williams 4.52 avg rating — 145 ratings — 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
	Forming Faith: Discipling the Next Generation in a Post-Christian Culture by Matt Markins, Mike Handler, Sam Luce (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 111 ratings — 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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	Student and Kids Curriculum Guide: Four Filters to Help You Discover Which Curriculum Is Right for You it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	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 Arabian Desert by Frederic Edwin Church

The third temptation of Jesus in the desert was the temptation to be powerful. Jesus, fully human and fully God, was weary in his human flesh after forty days of fasting. The devil came to him and tempted him to be relevant, popular, and finally, powerful.

Satan promised him in Matthew 4, “I will give you all the kingdoms of this world in their splendo

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Platforms to Pillars: Trading the Burden of Performance for the Freedom of God's Presence

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