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I'm writing my first fantasy novel, set in a Mesopotamia-like world in a Bronze-age sort of setting. I hope it will be the first of many and that I'll have it finished in early 2021. For now I'm reading epic fantasy as much as possible when I'm not working, writing my book, taking care of kids & puppies, or hanging out with my beautiful wife. Oh, in a previous life -- or maybe it was just my 30's and 40's -- I wrote religious non-fiction. ...more

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Book Review: Senlin Ascends

If anything led me to read Senlin Ascends, it was the reviews. If you’d asked me, “Hey I know a well-written steampunk novel with great characters; would you like to borrow a copy?” I’d have turned you down. Airships. Muzzle-loading […]

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	Jesus Didn't Have Blue Eyes: Reclaiming Our Jewish Messiah 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2004	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
	Divine Messiah 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — 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
	Proverbial Wisdom & Common Sense: A Messianic Jewish Approach to Today's Issues from the Proverbs 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1999 — 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
	A New Look at the Old Testament 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Yeshua in Context 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	World to Come: A Portal to Heaven on Earth really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Paul Didn't Eat Pork: Reappraising Paul The Pharisee 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Feast: Finding Your Place at the Table of Tradition really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008 — 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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	Yeshua Our Atonement 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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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Promises in the Dark: Walking with Those in Need Without Losing Heart

by Eric McLaughlin

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Breakfast with Barth: Daily Devotions

by Donald K. McKim

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Psalms for Everyone, Part 1: Psalms 1-72 (Old Testament for Everyone)

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“The grand premise of religion is that man is able to surpass himself; that man who is part of this world may”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism

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“If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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