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Jonathan Parnell is the lead pastor of Cities Church in Minneapolis-St.Paul, a church he and his team planted in 2015. He is the Send Network’s City Missionary in the Twin Cities, where he also serves as a church-planting trainer. He is the author of Never Settle for Normal: The Proven Path to Significance and Happiness (2017) and coauthor of How to Stay Christian in Seminary (2014). He and his wife, Melissa, live in the Twin Cities with their eight children.

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	How to Stay Christian in Seminary by David Mathis, Jonathan Parnell (Goodreads Author), John Piper (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.19 avg rating — 546 ratings — published 2014 — 5 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
	Killjoys: The Seven Deadly Sins by Marshall Segal (Editor), John Piper (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David Mathis (Contributor) 4.34 avg rating — 439 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	Designed for Joy: How the Gospel Impacts Men and Women, Identity and Practice by Owen Strachan (Editor), Jonathan Parnell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Denny Burk (Contributor) 3.85 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2015 — 7 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
	Alive to Wonder: Celebrating the Influence of C. S. Lewis by John Piper (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Parnell (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2013 — 4 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
	Mercy for Today: A Daily Prayer from Psalm 51 4.50 avg rating — 40 ratings — 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
	Never Settle for Normal: The Proven Path to Significance and Happiness 3.79 avg rating — 43 ratings — 8 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
	Reading to Walk: Meditations for the Life of Faith 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 6 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
	Relationships by Jonathan Parnell (Goodreads Author), Tom Parks (Narrator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Criados para a alegria by Jonathan Parnell (Goodreads Author), Owen Strachan, Meire Portes Santos (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Relaciones [Relations] by Jonathan Parnell (Goodreads Author), Bobby Sanchez (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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In Your Dreams (When in Rome, #4)

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“Embracing weakness brings more peace because we realize afresh that God loves us by his grace, not because we are strong. Our joy doesn’t rest in our ability, but in the approval God gives us in Christ, the one in whom he chose us before the ages began, according to his own purpose and grace (2 Tim. 1:9).”
― Jonathan Parnell

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“True manhood is man's response to God's calling for men to gladly assume sacrificial responsibility.”
― Jonathan Parnell, Good: The Joy of Christian Manhood and Womanhood

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“The about-ness of Jesus Christ in this world is an on-going, never-ending fact.”
― Jonathan Parnell, Reading to Walk: Meditations for the Life of Faith

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