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The Laws of Human Nature

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The 48 Laws of Power

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Gaming as Culture: Essays on Reality, Identity and Experience in Fantasy Games

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The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever by Jamie Wright

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But when I really got to know him, what I found in Jesus was a strong man with a submissive will, fully and courageously given over to God’s wild purpose for the world.

“A religion that needs state power to enforce obedience to its beliefs is a religion that has lost confidence in the power of its Deity.”
― Russell D. Moore, Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel

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“He was an underdog and a misfit, and that gave him the freedom to try things no one else even dreamt of.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

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“Turning the other cheek often leaves you with two broken jaws, but Jesus is still King, and still right.”
― Russell D. Moore, Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel

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“Understanding the power of the underdog requires an effort. It requires standing up to conventional wisdom.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

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“If politics drives the gospel, rather than the other way around, we end up with a public witness in which Mormon talk-show hosts and serially-monogamous casino magnates and prosperity-gospel preachers are welcomed into our ranks,”
― Russell D. Moore, Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel

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