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  • Author Highlight: Ronald Syme

    Author Highlight: Ronald Syme

    Ronald Syme was born “down under” and spent his boyhood sailing off the New Zealand coast or hunting wild boars in the North Island bush country. At sixteen he left school and until he was twenty spent his time on a Pacific cargo steamer, trading between Australia, New Zealand, San Francisco, and the South Sea

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  • The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr

    The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr

    Book Review:The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison BarrBrazos Press, 2021 I was gifted a copy of Barr’s new book, The Making of Biblical Womanhood, which I’ve seen on Instagram a lot recently. It is a very easy and engaging read. I agree with a LOT of her observations of church culture today towards

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  • Swimming at Big Rocks Park in Glen Rose

    Swimming at Big Rocks Park in Glen Rose

    While most visitors head to Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose to swim in the Paluxy River, there is also a free city park not far from downtown. Big Rocks Park is free, open from 8 AM to 10 PM, and is a fun place to spend a hot summer day. It can get

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  • Evangelism in a Skeptical World by Sam Chan

    Evangelism in a Skeptical World by Sam Chan

    Book Review:Evangelism in a Skeptical World by Sam ChanZondervan Academic, 2018 This has become one of my top books of the year. Chan shares incredible insights for us as products of a post-Christian, post-churches, post-reached world. I’ll briefly share what I loved about it:  ✨ Explained how we think as postmodernists, and why certain gospel

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