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Jim Essian is the author of Jesus For You: He Became Like You So You Could Become Like Him and Like Father, Like Sons. Jim planted The Paradox Church in 2011 and serves as Lead Pastor. The Paradox is an Acts 29 Network church in Downtown Fort Worth, TX. Jim played eight years of professional baseball in the Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Detroit Tigers organizations, prior to planting a church. Jim and his wife, Heather, have three girls, Harper, Hollis, and Hadden.

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	Send: Loving Your Church by Praying, Giving, or Going (Church members' role in God's mission to reach all people with the gospel: church planting, ... support, going overseas) 4.38 avg rating — 16 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
	Send: Loving Your Church by Praying, Giving, or Going 4.44 avg rating — 9 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
	Anchored: A Theological Vision For The Local Church 4.67 avg rating — 6 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
	Jesus for You: He Became like You so You Could Become like Him 4.80 avg rating — 5 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
	Like Father, Like Sons: Meditations on God as Our Father 4.50 avg rating — 4 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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Medical science and secular sociologists all realize that the American pace of life isn’t working; in fact, it’s detrimental. Sleep scientists are telling us there’s a sleep epidemic in the West. Adam Grant and Cal Newport, and other vocational sociologists, tell us our hurried pace at work is less effective, and more hours don’t equal more performance. Physical trainers tell us our body needs to

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Inspirational Soccer Stories for Kids: Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappe, and Alex Morgan biographies: Amazing Life Lessons about Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, ... and Alex Morgan (Soccer Books For Kids)

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How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People

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Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict

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