CHASE THE LION

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Hardcover ISBN 9781601428851

ebook ISBN 9781601428868

Copyright © 2016 by Mark Batterson

Cover design by Mark D. Ford; photography by Keith Ladzinski / Getty Images

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Batterson, Mark, author.

Title: Chase the lion : if your dream doesn’t scare you, it’s too small / Mark Batterson.

Description: First Edition. | Colorado Springs, Colorado : Multnomah, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016021278 (print) | LCCN 2016026686 (ebook) | ISBN 9781601428851 (hard cover) | ISBN 9781601428868 (electronic)

Subjects: LCSH: Bible. Samuel, 2nd, XXIII—Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Benaiah (Biblical figure)

Classification: LCC BS1325.52 .B378 2016 (print) | LCC BS1325.52 (ebook) | DDC 248.4—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2016021278

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