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Macarthur's Twelve Unlikely Heroes
Learning is a grand part of life. There is always something new to learn with every day that passes. As awesome as learning is, there are always obstacles that hold people back from learning. Due to the fact that everyone learns a little different , there must be ways of working with those restrictions so that the material being taught will stick in the student´s life. The gospel is dignity, one of those subjects that call for various interpretations so that the gentiles or even believers could further their understanding of God. This idea is apparent in MacArthur's, Twelve Unlikely Heroes. In his novel, he makes sure to emphasize the idea that both Paul and James were preaching the same message. The only real difference was that they had to

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