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    I Told Me So: Self-Deception and the Christian Life
    I Told Me So: Self-Deception and the Christian Life
    I Told Me So: Self-Deception and the Christian Life
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    I Told Me So: Self-Deception and the Christian Life

    By Gregg A. Ten Elshof

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    Think you’ve ever deceived yourself? Then this book is for you.

    Think you’ve never deceived yourself? Then this book is really for you.
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEerdmans
    Release dateJun 22, 2009
    ISBN9781467439701
    I Told Me So: Self-Deception and the Christian Life
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    Gregg A. Ten Elshof

    Gregg A. Ten Elshof (PhD, University of Southern California) is professor of philosophy at Biola University. His areas of interest include metaphysics, epistemology, modern philosophy, and Confucianism. His book, I Told Me So: Self-Deception and the Christian Life won the Christianity Today 2009 Book Award for Christian Living. He is also author of Confucius for Christians. Elshof has published articles in Midwest Studies in Philosophy, The Modern Schoolman, Grazer Philosophische Studien, The Journal of Philosophical Research, International Studies in Philosophy, Philosophia Christi, and Christian Scholar's Review.

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