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    <body><![CDATA[A most amazing book... it exposes what so many find to be disturbing/unfulfilling/empty about going to church, and shows how to BE the Church, in a very engaging story...!<br/><br/>It's also available, free online:<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lifestream.org/pdf/HeLovesMe.pdf" title="http://www.lifestream.org/pdf/HeLovesMe.pdf">http://www.lifestream.org/pdf/HeLovesMe....</a><br/><br/>(scroll down to Ta...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14591610">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[OK, so you don't want to go to church anymore, don't expect this book to replace several thousand years of church teaching and make you guilt free. This is a book written by two former pastors who were upset with the &quot;institutionalization&quot; of the modern church, and they have a point. Probl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42818297">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A friend recommended this book to me and lent me a copy. I'll admit I opened it assuming that I'd know the content before getting beyond the cover, but as a favor to her, I'd read it through anyway. I'm very glad I did.<br/><br/>The book is unique because it's personal, theological, and written in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70613994">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful message about making sure you don't place God inside of a box...we often think that God only meets us in one place, church, and only on Sunday's...we get caught up in religiousity and become legalistic in our churches...God isn't like that...He's simple and has a simple message...we make t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59225665">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ignore the opening mystery of Jesus' disciple living in modern times, which is clumsily introduced and concluded.   ignore this, and you have a readable and challenging book about being part of the Church.  This is a series of conversations, with a little story added to keep up the interest level.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47286059">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is such a great book! I think its a great read for every believer. Its such an eye opener on your relationship with our father.  Its been such a experience for me to realize that having a relationship with my lord is the first priority and how it is so freeing to know he loves me and he wants t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45867395">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Completely the opposite of what I thought it was going to be. Encourages finding a personal relationship with God/Father/Jesus, while bashing all the ways organized religion doesn't help you find one. While I occasionally find others on the same spiritual journey and have wonderful conversations wit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67054417">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is liberating to all christians who question the institutional church. Jake Colson reminds the reader that church practices are not biblical, because they are not in the bible to begin with. Therefore, don't let anybody tell you, that it is a sin if you don't belong to a church. Christ can...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76334066">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is another potentially controversial book depending on your view of church, religion and God. But again, it felt like someone had read my mind and put into words the ideas I had about God and church but had not yet figured out how to eloquently explain on my own. Another excellent read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[While I didn't agree with EVERYTHING said but I did agree with many of the core principles.  It's a good book that I think all Christians (and non-Christians) should read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't like this book as much as The Shack, but like The Shack, it got me to thinking about religion from a different perspective.  Also, like <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1812457.The_Shack" title="The Shack by William P. Young">The Shack</a>, I plan to read this book again a little later.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45876176">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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