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      <image:title>About the Books - That I May Know Him</image:title>
      <image:caption>That I May Know Him answered the call of many who loved What Does the Bible Say? but sought an abbreviated version for instruction in our fast-paced world. Distilling What Does the Bible Say? into 14 approachable lessons, this book “strives to express the great truths of God in the warm, simple accents of the heart.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About the Books - What Does the Bible Say?</image:title>
      <image:caption>First published in 1943, this book is a manual of 24 concise lessons useful for adult pre-membership classes, children’s confirmation classes, and bible classes and refresher courses. It has sold over one million copies and continues to be a popular resource for both the clergy and laity.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Published in 1972, To Know Him provides instruction for young confirmands and youth discussion topics in 24 lessons. “The course is simplicity itself. With a built-in openness, and directness, and sharing, and a real love for Christ.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Rev. Dr. Oswald Riess - Rev. Oswald Riess</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Riess’s influence as an ambassador of Christ and a teacher of divine truth extended far beyond the parishes he served in Canada, Indiana, and Michigan. Thousands of pastors use his instruction manuals—What Does the Bible Say, That I May Know Him, and To Know HIm for their adult and youth information/membership classes. Other works authored by Dr. Riess include Everlasting Arms, The Secret of Beautiful Living, For Such A Time As This, Born to Live, and This is My Beloved. Son of Karl Riess, Christian day school teacher at Bethel Church, Detroit, and Margaret Grueber Riess, Dr. Riess graduated from Concordia College, Fort Wayne in 1916, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis in 1919. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree by Concordia Seminary, Springfield, Illinois, in 1970. In the Michigan District, LCMS, Dr. Riess was a member of the Mission and Church Extension Boards. For the Synod he served on the Fort Wayne Senior College Board of Control and the Literature Board Committee on Devotional Literature. He delivered the Wenchel Lectures at the St. Louis Seminary in 1954, and the Miller Lectures at Valparaiso University in 1955. In 1974, he established, and is perpetuating, the annual Riess Lectures on “The Cardinal Principles of Lutheranism” at the St. Louis Seminary.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Riess’s influence as an ambassador of Christ and a teacher of divine truth extended far beyond the parishes he served in Canada, Indiana, and Michigan. Thousands of pastors use his instruction manuals—What Does the Bible Say, That I May Know Him, and To Know HIm for their adult and youth information/membership classes. Other works authored by Dr. Riess include Everlasting Arms, The Secret of Beautiful Living, For Such A Time As This, Born to Live, and This is My Beloved. Son of Karl Riess, Christian day school teacher at Bethel Church, Detroit, and Margaret Grueber Riess, Dr. Riess graduated from Concordia College, Fort Wayne in 1916, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis in 1919. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree by Concordia Seminary, Springfield, Illinois, in 1970. In the Michigan District, LCMS, Dr. Riess was a member of the Mission and Church Extension Boards. For the Synod he served on the Fort Wayne Senior College Board of Control and the Literature Board Committee on Devotional Literature. He delivered the Wenchel Lectures at the St. Louis Seminary in 1954, and the Miller Lectures at Valparaiso University in 1955. In 1974, he established, and is perpetuating, the annual Riess Lectures on “The Cardinal Principles of Lutheranism” at the St. Louis Seminary.</image:caption>
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