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Matthew Burden currently serves as pastor of a church in eastern Maine (USA). He studied at Houghton College and Denver Seminary, and his travels as a student and missionary have taken him to South America, Europe, and Africa. His first two books, Tactus and Soldiers of the King, both Christian historical fiction, were published while he was in high school. His more recent works, the three novels of The Hidden Kings Trilogy, are fantasy-adventure in the tradition of J. R. R. Tolkien.

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	Missionary Motivations: Challenges from the Early Church 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings	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
	Freedom Cry 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009 — 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
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	Tactus it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001	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
	The Conqueror's Song (The Hidden Kings Trilogy, #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 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
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	To Love and To Save: The Story of the Nativity (The Evangeliad, #1) really liked it 4.00 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
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Between getting my historical missiology book out in January and finishing up work on my Evangeliad's publication (the final documents were submitted just last night, so stay tuned for announcements on its release!), I've been away from the blog for awhile. With those projects behind me, I should be able to take up a more consistent posting rotation in the months to come. For now, here's the third

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The Christian Year

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I (Still) Believe: Leading Bible Scholars Share Their Stories of Faith and Scholarship

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