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001			ocm54759438
003			OCoLC
005			20170621144037.0
008			040311s2004 cau b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2004005675
020			_a0787968323 _q(alk. paper)
020			_a9780787968328 _q(alk. paper)
029	1		_aAU@ _b000025401862
029	1		_aNZ1 _b8351015
035			_a(OCoLC)54759438
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042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aBV4520 _b.L56 2004
082	0	0	_a248/.5 _222
100	1		_aLong, Thomas G., _d1946-
245	1	0	_aTestimony : _btalking ourselves into being Christian / _cThomas G. Long.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aSan Francisco : _bJossey-Bass, _c©2004.
300			_axvi, 179 p. ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aThe practices of faith series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 159-166) and index.
505	0		_aTalking ourselves into being Christian -- Can I get a witness? -- Sunday words -- First light -- Walking the walk, talking the talk -- The six o'clock news -- Whispered secrets and bedtime prayers -- A last word.
520			_aIn this groundbreaking book, Thomas G. Long -- a theologian and respected authority on preaching—explores how Christians talk when they are not in church. Testimony breaks the stained-glass image of religious language to show how ordinary talking in our everyday lives -- talk across the backyard fence, talk with our kids, talk about politics and the events of the day -- can be sacred speech. In a world of spin, slick marketing, mindless chatter, and easy deceptions, Testimony shows that the hunger for truthful, meaningful, and compassionate speech is ultimately grounded in truth about God.
650		0	_aWitness bearing (Christianity)
830		0	_aPractices of faith series.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/wiley051/2004005675.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley047/2004005675.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley041/2004005675.html
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