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How to Smell Like God: True Stories Burning With the Scent of Heaven

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How to Smell Like God is filled with humorous and gripping true stories to help teens discover what it really means to know God, serve Jesus, and be led by the Holy Spirit. After each story readers are challenged to apply the message to their own lives.

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Steven James

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Steven James is a critically acclaimed author of eighteen novels and numerous nonfiction books that have sold more than 1 million copies. His books have won or been shortlisted for dozens of national and international awards. In addition, his stories and articles have appeared in more than eighty different publications, including the New York Times. He is also a popular keynote speaker and professional storyteller with a master’s degree in storytelling.


Steven's latest thriller, FATAL DOMAIN follows Travis Brock Department of Defense redactor as he and his team try to stop a domestic terrorist group attempting to steal one of the military's most highly guarded technological breakthroughs. In this explosive follow up to BROKER OF LIES secrets from the past will be revealed, loyalties tested, and intimate betrayals brought to light as Brock is forced to decide how to forgive what he cannot forget.

Since 1996, Steven has appeared more than two thousand times at events spanning the globe, presenting his stories and teaching the principles of storytelling to writers, speakers, teachers, and leaders. He also hosts the weekly podcast www.thestoryblender.com, on which he has interviewed more than 150 of the world’s leading writers and storytellers. In 2020, he was inducted into the Christy Award Hall of Fame for excellence in fiction writing. Publishers Weekly has called him “[a] master storyteller at the peak of his game.”

When he’s not writing or speaking, you may find him playing basketball or disc golf, or hiking near his home in the Appalachian Highlands of East Tennessee. He may or may not watch too many science fiction movies while eating bottomless bowls of chips and salsa.

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December 2, 2014
One of the best books I have ever read! It just touches every aspect of life that I, as a born and raised Christian, could learn to become better from. With every chapter a different aspect of Christian life (in real life situations and with normal experiences) is being explored, along with difficulties and practical advices.

I recommend this book to fellow Christians, doubting or strongly faithful; it will not disappoint you!
I also recommend it to anyone who is sincerely interested in Christian lifestyle / faith. The book is written in everyday comprehensible language (no 'thou's and 'thy's ;)), specifically focused on adolescent youth (and slightly older).
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