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	Failing Faith: When What You Thought You Knew about God Doesn't Work in the Real World 4.59 avg rating — 17 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
	To My Friend Who Left the Faith: A Letter to a Prodigal from a Prodigal 3.93 avg rating — 15 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
	There Comes a Point in Being Dumb, That Only a Genius Could Do It: The Tweets of @WadeHance really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 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
	There Comes a Point In Being Dumb, That Only a Genius Could Do It: The Tweets of @WadeHance it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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
	Christ and Pop Culture Goes to the Movies: 2015 by Wade Bearden (Goodreads Author) (editor), Kevin McLenithan (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 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
	The Rockett Review: Then and Now by C.J. Perez (Editor), Wade Bearden (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sam Uglow (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	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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"He Descended to the Dead": An Evangelical Theology of Holy Saturday

by Matthew Y. Emerson

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Reagan: The Life

by H.W. Brands

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The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

by John U. Bacon

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I think it's accurate to call myself a runner (though certainly not on the level of Thompson), which means I'm probably predisposed to like this book. But it's also just really good, and a beautiful meditation on the sport. Thompson captures that thi ...more
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Wade Bearden entered a giveaway What Grows in Weary Lands: On Christian Resilience by Tish Harrison Warren	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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Wade Bearden made a comment on his status in The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald " Jared, that’s so cool. I’m about 1/4 of the way through and he is a fantastic writer. "
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