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Old 07-07-2008, 06:38 PM
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Hello, everyone!

My web searches keep coming up here, so I thought it wise to join and have a look around. I am amazed at the large number of people here and the wealth of resources to read. I guess I will busy for a while. Two days ago, I finally finished Greg Bahnsen's Van Til's Apologetic which answered all kinds of questions I never knew I had and which really turned my Christian life around. I feel closer to Christ than ever before. I also have never taken so long to read a book through before.

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Hello, everyone!

My web searches keep coming up here, so I thought it wise to join and have a look around. I am amazed at the large number of people here and the wealth of resources to read. I guess I will busy for a while. Two days ago, I finally finished Greg Bahnsen's Van Til's Apologetic which answered all kinds of questions I never knew I had and which really turned my Christian life around. I feel closer to Christ than ever before. I also have never taken so long to read a book through before.

(I hope my signature shows up this time.)
Well done on finishing that book, I know a good few members here are girding their loins trying to screw up the courage to read that monstrous tome (myself included),
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Hello, everyone!

My web searches keep coming up here, so I thought it wise to join and have a look around. I am amazed at the large number of people here and the wealth of resources to read. I guess I will busy for a while. Two days ago, I finally finished Greg Bahnsen's Van Til's Apologetic which answered all kinds of questions I never knew I had and which really turned my Christian life around. I feel closer to Christ than ever before. I also have never taken so long to read a book through before.

(I hope my signature shows up this time.)
Well done on finishing that book, I know a good few members here are girding their loins trying to screw up the courage to read that monstrous tome (myself included),
Well, way to go, you've now scared me!

Seriously though, I've read about 150 pages and it's not that bad. It requires a decent amount of rereading, but only in certain passages. Maybe I just haven't hit the rough parts...
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My web searches keep coming up here, so I thought it wise to join and have a look around. I am amazed at the large number of people here and the wealth of resources to read. I guess I will busy for a while. Two days ago, I finally finished Greg Bahnsen's Van Til's Apologetic which answered all kinds of questions I never knew I had and which really turned my Christian life around. I feel closer to Christ than ever before. I also have never taken so long to read a book through before.

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