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		<title>Recommended reading from John Piper &#038; Desiring God Ministries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning I decided to browse through a few blogs I follow. As I clicked and read, I was inexorably drawn deeper and deeper into the blogosphere, finally landing at Desiring God, the online site of John Piper&#8217;s well-known and respected ministry.
Before long I found myself perusing their extensive recommended reading list. If you enjoy reading, but often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Talmud study the secret to Jewish success?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Essential Talmud
Adin Steinsaltz
Basic Books, 1976
ISBN: 0-465-02063-1 
Many Christians assume that modern Judaism is a religion of the Bible. For Jews, the Bible is the Tanach - what Christians call the Old Testament. And while religious Jews would claim allegiance to the Tanach, it is not a stretch to say that Talmud commands their attention. It is the primary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wisereader.com/2010/02/is-talmud-study-the-secret-to-jewish-success/</link>
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		<title>Haiti Relief: Make your donation count</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Already the poorest country in the western hemisphere, the devastating earthquake in Haiti has pushed this country to the very brink. As with other major disasters, governments, NGOs and people around the world are rushing to help.
Perhaps you want to help also, but wonder if your donation will be used wisely in the relief efforts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wisereader.com/2010/01/haiti-relief-make-your-donation-count/</link>
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		<title>How two rebuffed evangelists founded a movement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article first appeared in ChristianWeek on December 1, 2009 (Vol. 23 No.18) 
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Not only is The Salvation Army Canada&#8217;s largest non-governmental direct provider of social services, it is arguably the world&#8217;s most trusted and respected charity. Be it a flood, hurricane or earthquake, or an ongoing need to help alleviate human suffering, it is hard to find [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wisereader.com/2009/12/how-two-rebuffed-evangelists-founded-a-movement/</link>
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		<title>Down a Country Road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Down a Country Road
Eric E. Wright
Day One Publications, 2008
ISBN: 978-1-84625-106-1
&#8220;The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork&#8221; (Psalm 19:1 ESV*).
God has chosen to reveal something of his presence and power through creation. This led the Apostle Paul to write: &#8220;For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wisereader.com/2009/11/down-a-country-road/</link>
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		<title>I am still reading books&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not having posted any new reviews for quite some time should not be interpreted as flagging interest in reading and writing reviews.
Earlier this year I was approached about re-entering pastoral ministry at Grace Baptist Church, Richmond Hill, Ontario. I subsequently accepted a call and began ministry at Grace on October 1st. At the same time, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wisereader.com/2009/10/i-am-still-reading-books/</link>
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		<title>Blue Collared Seminarians in short supply</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seminary professors need more focus on practice than theory 
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&#8220;That seminary has a professor of preaching who can&#8217;t preach.&#8221; The statement was startling, but my friend, a seasoned pastor, was dead serious. The professor in question, published in his field and holding impeccable academic qualifications, had, in my friend&#8217;s view, mastered the theory without being able [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wisereader.com/2009/09/blue-collared-seminarians-in-short-supply/</link>
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		<title>No posts until September&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year my wife and I celebrate 35 years together. Our vacation will be just that - a real vacation away from work, and away from this blog. Don&#8217;t look for anything new until September.
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		<link>http://www.wisereader.com/2009/08/no-posts-until-september/</link>
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		<title>Holocaust survivor prays for strength to remember</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article first appeared in ChristianWeek on July 17, 2009 (Volume 23, No. 9)
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Legacy and Redemption
Joseph Tenenbaum
United States Holocaust Museum
Holocaust Survivors Memoirs Project, 2005
ISBN-10: 0896041638
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His warm smile and gentle spirit belied the horrors he experienced as a young teen in Hitler&#8217;s Third Reich killing camps. But when he offered to inscribe his book if I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wisereader.com/2009/07/holocaust-survivor-prays-for-strength-to-remember/</link>
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		<title>Reflect: Mission - the inevitable fruit of true spirituality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Historically, where there has been spiritual vitality and life in evangelical circles, there has been a concern for mission, prayerful and active concern for the salvation of the lost.&#8221; - Michael Haykin in The God Who Draws Near [Evangelical Press, 2007].
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		<link>http://www.wisereader.com/2009/07/reflect-mission-the-inevitable-fruit-of-true-spirituality/</link>
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