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Follow Andrew Klavan to a deeper, richer understanding of the words of Jesus.

Andrew Klavan believed what he read in the Gospels, but he often struggled to understand what Jesus really meant. So he began a journey of wrestling with the beautiful and often strange words of Jesus.

He learned…

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1 author picked The Truth and Beauty as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Being a writer and historian, I have always been interested in what successful authors have to say about their craft. I put Andrew Klavan into this category.

I have read several of his award-winning mystery novels. Klavan pivots away from fiction with The Truth and Beauty, which focuses on the power of the written word. Here, he reviews the lives of some of literature’s giants: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Milton, and Shelley.

In my own book, I explore what it would be like to live in a world without words. All communication happens through the thought process. My work…

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