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Author Carson, Ben.

Title Take the risk : learning to identify, choose, and live with acceptable risk / Ben Carson, with Gregg Lewis.

Imprint Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  302.12 Car    ---  Available
Description 237 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 237).
Contents Risking their lives -- To risk or not to risk? -- When is risk worth it? -- Life itself is a risky business -- The truth about risk -- Growing up "at risk" -- My risky behavior nearly got the best of me -- Risks I took that changed my life forever -- Four simple questions to help assess any risk -- Faith is a risk--whatever you believe -- Living your faith in an uncertain world -- Navigating professional risks -- My personal risks in the face of death -- Taking yourself out of the middle of decisions -- Parenting perils? -- Public risk (and the beginning of some solutions) -- Even bigger risks -- Conclusion : my prescription in a dangerous world.
Summary A neurosurgeon explores the relationship between risk and faith, sharing the daily risks he takes in hundreds of complex surgeries and how those risks are an essential part of living as God designed.
Source ILDP 3/2008 PPL
Subject Risk -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Added Author Lewis, Gregg, 1951-
ISBN 9780310259732
0310259738

 
    
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