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		<title>An Introduction to Bible Archaeology</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/11/01/an-introduction-to-bible-archaeology-by-howard-f-vos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our book review this month is An Introduction to Bible Archaeology by Howard F. Vos. This little paperback is divided into ten short chapters of about a dozen pages each. Topics covered by chapter include Nature and Purpose, Why Ancient Cities and Civilizations Disappeared, Geography and the Bible Lands, Organizing and Conducting an Excavation, Dating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Practical Exposition on the Lord&#8217;s Prayer</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/10/15/book-review-a-practical-exposition-on-the-lords-prayer/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/10/15/book-review-a-practical-exposition-on-the-lords-prayer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our book review this month is A Practical Exposition on the Lord’s Prayer by Thomas Manton (1620-1677), Puritan pastor from Somerset, England, who served as a chaplain for Oliver Cromwell. It is part of The Works of Thomas Manton, Volume 1.

From the author:
This prayer was formed and indited by Christ, and therefore to be highly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Puritan Essays on Prayer</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/09/01/three-puritan-essays-on-prayer/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/09/01/three-puritan-essays-on-prayer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Goodwin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Our book review is a follow-up to Meet the Puritans reviewed in the July/August edition of the Elim Refresher. The topic is prayer, published in one volume as three essays titled Prayer by John Bunyan, The Return of Prayer by Thomas Goodwin, and The Saint’s Jewel by Thomas Shepard.

Prayer, our first essay, contains the topics: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the Puritans</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/07/01/book-review-meet-the-puritans/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/07/01/book-review-meet-the-puritans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin Keach]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Henry Ainsworth]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Issac Ambrose]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Bunyan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Owen and Ralph Erskine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Edwards]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Henry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our book review this month is Meet the Puritans, a compilation of short biographies on over 150 Puritans from England, New England, Scotland and the Netherlands. The authors, Joel Beeke and Randall Pederson, review 700 books written by these Reformed authors. (The term “Puritan” was first used in the 1560’s to refer to English Protestants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Sufficiency In Christ</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/05/01/our-sufficiency-in-christ/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/05/01/our-sufficiency-in-christ/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 20:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[biblical wisdom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dr john macarthur]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For review this month, Our Sufficiency in Christ by a familiar author in Elim’s library, Dr. John MacArthur. Instead of a complete overview, I feel that there are several paragraphs that represent the jist of the book. These paragraphs are taken from the fourth chapter. I quote the author&#8230;
It is significant that one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Triune God</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/03/01/the-triune-god/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/03/01/the-triune-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s February, the shortest month of the year, as I write this review. And I’ve just finished reading the shortest book yet to be reviewed—96 pages! This will also be the shortest book review to date. And yes, we sing Doxology , a very short song, almost every Sunday.
Our review this month is The Triune [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sovereignty of God</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/02/01/the-sovereignty-of-god-by-arthur-pink/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/02/01/the-sovereignty-of-god-by-arthur-pink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our book review this month is The Sovereignty of God by Arthur W. Pink. This book was recently given to those who attend the Tuesday morning BIble study, but I am confident a copy will find its way into the library. It is also worth mentioning that we are reading a book similar in subject [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Unfolding Message of the Bible</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2007/12/01/the-unfolding-message-of-the-bible/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2007/12/01/the-unfolding-message-of-the-bible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our book review this month is The Unfolding Message of the Bible by G. Campbell Morgan. If you can’t or are not willing to “read through the Bible in a year”, this could be an alternative. Keep in mind, this overview is not inspired; however, at over 500 pages, it is united and complete in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2007/11/01/89/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2007/11/01/89/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow-up to last month’s reviewed book on soteriology by David Clotfelter, Sinners in the Hands of a Good God—Reconciling Divine Judgement and Mercy, we’re going to look at another book written almost 4 centuries ago. Clotfelter’s book offers a clear and easy-to-understand style of writing. John Bunyan, on the other hand, is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sinners in the Hands of a Good God—Reconciling Divine Judgement and Mercy</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2007/10/01/sinners-in-the-hands-of-a-good-god%e2%80%94reconciling-divine-judgement-and-mercy/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2007/10/01/sinners-in-the-hands-of-a-good-god%e2%80%94reconciling-divine-judgement-and-mercy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our book review this month is Sinners in the Hands of a Good God—Reconciling Divine Judgement and Mercy, which is new to our library. The topic under consideration is soteriology—”so great a salvation”. In the introduction, the author immediately draws a polar distinction between the views of two well-known Christian writers: George MacDonald and Jonathan [...]]]></description>
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