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14 May, 2009

Guest Post: Tolkien and the Gospel

Posted by: Ben Reed In: Book Review| Guest Post

var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.benreed.net/index.php/2009/05/14/guest-post-tolkien-and-the-gospel/’,size:’large’} Brett Vaden and I go way back.  We grew up going to the same church, went to the same middle school, high school, college, and graduate school.  Though our lives have parted ways because we don’t live in the same city, we’re still good friends.  I love when Brett [...]

var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.benreed.net/index.php/2009/04/08/part-2-guest-post-a-review-of-mclaren%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cthe-secret-message-of-jesus%e2%80%9d/’,size:’large’} Yesterday I posted the first half of a review of Brian McLaren’s book, The Secret Message of Jesus, from one of my friends, John Mark. You can read that post here. In this post, John Mark will continue to interact with the worldview of Brian McLaren. [...]

var fbShare = {url: ‘http://www.benreed.net/index.php/2009/04/07/guest-post-a-review-of-mclarens-the-secret-message-of-jesus/’,size:’large’} John Mark is one of my good friends. I served on staff with him in Taylorsville, KY, for a little over a year. He still serves there, in a small church, in a hard place of KY. I am thankful for his faithful preaching of the [...]




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