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I Am Not a Bum

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” Psalm 139:13-14

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You — Yes, You

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”

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The author

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Tom Hartley

I write about the words we thought we knew, and the God who keeps turning out to be kinder than we expected.

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  • Joy — ten parts on the most underrated word in the New Testament
  • Righteousness — five parts on being made right, rather than getting it right
  • Christian Living — the ordinary week, and what faith asks of it

The books

Book cover: I Don’t Think It Means What You Think It Means, by Tom Hartley

I Don’t Think It Means What You Think It Means

Volume One · The words we thought we knew

Grace. Love. Faith. Heart. The most familiar words in the Christian vocabulary, taken back to the Greek they were written in.

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Book cover: The Map That Preached, by Tom Hartley

The Map That Preached

The Prophetic Geography of Jesus’ Ministry

Where Jesus went was never incidental. A reading of the ministry through the map it was walked on.

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