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  <title><![CDATA[War of Words: Getting to the Heart of Your Communication Struggles (Resources for Changing Lives)]]></title>
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  <default_description>An important and biblical book about our words and our God. Few of us really think about the power, the blessing, the gift, the effect, and the danger of our words. This book will make you think before you speak. ? Steve Brown Until our hearts are completely purified by God in heaven, we must set strong guards at the gates of our mouths and fight daily battles to restrain the overflow of our sinful desires. ? helpful insights and practical tools for this battle. ? Ken Sande</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Paul David Tripp]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 08 13:47:46 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 08 13:49:35 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book.  It helped me to think about what I am saying and what the real motive is behind my words.  Also it was a good reminder that we need to glorify God in everything we do, including what we say and think.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed May 20 06:17:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Has to be the best book that I have read all year! I highly recommend this book to everyone. If you think you're good at communicating, then this book is most definitely meant for you! Mr. Tripp does a fabulous job of extending grace and mercy while convicting us to our very core. This book is a mea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53395419">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Nov 11 05:10:10 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 11 05:14:20 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Honestly, this is one book that has been sitting on my shelves for awhile. I had found it at a book sale and knew that it was one that our church recommended. However, I was too proud to think that I needed to read a book on communication struggles...I rarely have conflict in this area. What changed...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37406488">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun May 03 22:08:29 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 03 22:09:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a life changing book for me.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 05 22:02:24 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm learning a lot about biblical communication from Paul David Tripp. He ends each chapter with some soul piercing questions that encourage you to evaluate how communication is tainted by sin and how we can be free from that in Christ.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading this for Sunday School.  Who doesn't have a problem with words?  This book has been very helpful to me.  Getting to the root of the issue is great.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book. Goes along  well with Pastor James preaching  from the book of James- the taming of the tongue. Highly recommended.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36087192]]></url>
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    <review id="25447094">
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the best books on communication.  Am I choosing words that are edifying to the listeners and worshipful to God?]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Jul 14 17:26:53 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good book!!  Makes you thing about where your thoughts and feelings are coming from from. It changed my life. ]]></body>
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    <review id="5453881">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who wants to control her tongue!]]></recommended_for>
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    <body><![CDATA[absolute best book on communicating in a way that honors God.  so convicting and humbling!]]></body>
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    <review id="14234450">
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Many practical applications and wisdom for broken communications in life.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Life changing book!  Excellent.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Words are from heart.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First chapter down, conviction has set in]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I lost.]]></body>
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