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Why You Should Read Popularizations (Letters to a Young Pastor)

November 10, 2016 by Gary Neal Hansen 6 Comments

Reading popularizations

Dear ______: I’ve been trying to help you rethink the process of reading when it comes to your course assignments in seminary. This is actually long term advice: whatever kind of work you end up doing, you’ll learn more of what you need day by day if you know how to make quick work of […]

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