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A study of the biblical character David, who went from tending sheep in Bethlehem to becoming king in Jerusalem.  This book combines historical facts from David’s fascinating life story recorded in 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 Kings with the worshipful songs and personal reflections David wrote in the book of Psalms.",{},"books\u002Fpraise-under-pressure",[247,43],"Worship","liu0ritB6AZBvayUDVRjyTzYyg0FbzNaJCDk-GPSXDY",{"id":250,"title":251,"amazonUrl":6,"author":225,"bookMeta":252,"cover":253,"date":254,"description":255,"downloadUrl":6,"extension":8,"meta":256,"outOfPrint":37,"purchaseUrl":257,"relatedUrl":6,"stem":258,"subtitle":6,"tags":259,"__hash__":260},"books\u002Fbooks\u002Fpuppet-plays-with-a-point.yml","Puppet Plays with a Point","Standard Publishing, 1995.","\u002Fimages\u002Fbooks\u002Fpuppet_plays.webp","1995","A collection of 20 Christian-themed puppet show scripts designed for teaching values in settings like Sunday school, VBS, and camps, featuring characters like Grandpa and Grandma Gray, Hobart the Worm, and Elroy Elephant the Third.  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