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    <body><![CDATA[I put this in the &quot;read&quot; category, I didn't finish reading it, and I am not going to. This book is terrible. It's horribly written, presumptuous, and doesn't deliver what it claims it will. I rarely, if ever, don't finish a book but I just can't read another page. My husband did finish it ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65863374">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Deap and interesting.  I have read some other apologetics that were easier reads (A Case for Christ) might fit this catagory.  He give some complex ideas that are hard to wrap your head around but I enjoy the challenge]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sproul does a faithful and helpful job looking at the philosophical arguments for Christianity.  Helped me see the reasonableness of the Christian faith.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This really was a great book, but it was so over my head.  I may have to read it again.  He has some great arguments and really excellent ideas/points.  I'm not sure I was really feeling it though.  A lot of it made me nervous.  The focus was so much on the argument and not on the love that it was a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46708825">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sproul's apologetics are from a very classical stance in this book and possibly a bit too wooden for practicality.  A very helpful book to set up categories for thinking about apologetics, but not very practical for having a thoughtful discussion with a non-believing friend.   ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned so much from Sproul.]]></body>
    
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