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Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take

Let’S Get Down to Basics

Rick Blumenberg · 2014
62/100
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This is a solid, non-combative primer on Christian living that works well as a Sunday school or new-members guide — the structured Q&A format is a genuine practical plus. The narrow Wesleyan-Arminian lens and self-published origin mean it will feel limiting or unfamiliar to readers outside that tradition, and there is no independent review to confirm the writing quality holds up. Worth picking up if you are specifically in a Church of God (Anderson) context; otherwise look for a more broadly supported discipleship resource.

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