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  <title><![CDATA[The Mark of the Christian (Ivp Classics)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;p&gt;In our era of global violence and sectarian intolerance, the church needs to hear anew the challenge of this book. Decades ago Francis Schaeffer exhorted, &quot;Love   and the unity it attests to   is the mark Christ gave Christians to wear before the world. Only with this mark may the world know that Christians are indeed Christians and that Jesus was sent by the Father.&quot; More than ever, the church needs to respond compassionately to a needy world.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market/Audience&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;CBA readers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pastors&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thoughtful laypeople&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Students&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Features and Benefits&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;A new edition of an IVP classic.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Presents love as the ultimate apologetic for the faith.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describes what a true Christian witness looks like in our needy and broken world.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2007</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Francis A. Schaeffer]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Schaeffer nails a huge problem in the Church: Christians often don't love one another. As one who has attended an unloving church, I understand this problem very well. Many Christians demonstrate the caustic nature of the human tongue (see James 3) in their meetings with each other, especially over ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68875556">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Apr 16 22:27:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Mark of the Christian by Francis A. Schaeffer (?)]]></body>
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    <review id="72944761">
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    <name><![CDATA[Scott]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good, quick read.  It wasn't rocket science, but it was right on the money.  As Schaeffer kept saying, the idea he was presenting was simple, but not easy.  Well worth the time to read because it was so short.  I think if it was longer I may have lost interest before finishing it.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Oct 24 13:54:59 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[We desperately need the simple message of this outstanding little book today. As many parts of the church struggle to define what makes one a Christian, and as much of the rest of the world looks on with growing skepticism and distaste for anyone and anything labeled &quot;Christian,&quot; how do we...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36124299">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49592196">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this from Schaeffer's complete works. Outstanding. ]]></body>
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    <review id="13871880">
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a short, frank explanation of the kind of person Jesus commands his followers to be; in relationship to God, the Church and the world. I really like how Schaeffer analyzes the wrong things Christians in the Church believe that cause the failings of the Church on a large scale.]]></body>
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    <review id="38597130">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very short, yet thorough (and quite convicting) study on loving others the way Christ commanded us to. I would recommend any Christian who is striving to live godly to pick this one up. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38597130]]></url>
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    <review id="52504638">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an outstanding book, if you could even call it that.  In so few pages Schaeffer reminds us what so many have forgotten.  Please read this.]]></body>
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    <review id="5054415">
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a very simpile statement on what it means to be a Christian: love God and love other people.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="16498615">
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    <body><![CDATA[Are you a Christian?  Then you better read this one!]]></body>
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    <review id="33524960">
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    <body><![CDATA[Read for Contemporary Christian Belief.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked his apologetics titles a tad better.]]></body>
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