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ESV Study Bible

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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

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Guises of the Mind (Star Trek: The Next Generation #27)

by Rebecca Neason

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Gene’s Quotes

“I had a novice’s hunger for history, but also a novice’s inability to envision it.”
― Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

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“If, then, a good marriage is servitude, what is a bad one, when they cannot sanctify, but destroy one another? 70. But”
― Ambrose of Milan, The Complete Works of St. Ambrose (11 Books): Cross-Linked to the Bible

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“The twentieth-century Lutheran martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer, when asked why he meditated, replied, "Because I am a Christian.”
― Richard J. Foster, Sanctuary of the Soul: Journey into Meditative Prayer

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“Nowadays, the word mysticism may bring to mind things such as meditation, New Age beliefs, finding one’s inner self, and so on. But these practices, often of Eastern origin, are concerned primarily with a state of mind. Christian mysticism, on the other hand, concerns itself with the state of living. The”
― Patrick Parr, The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age

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“Equally important was the approach of the advertising, which can be summarized with a single word: “minimalist.” “Billy Graham, Harringay Arena, 7: 30 Every Night.” Or “Hear Billy Graham.” Or just “Billy Graham,” with his photo. Crusade organizers took a cue from advertisements for Cadillacs in the United States. They gave just enough information to arouse curiosity, implying that the product was so desirable it sold itself.”
― Grant Wacker, One Soul at a Time: The Story of Billy Graham (Library of Religious Biography

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