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    Remember your baptism

    It began with a seven-year-old with a huge heart for justice, worshipping out of town with his family, hearing the "altar call," and going forward to give his life to Christ. It began with a 13-year-old with a penchant for jokes and riddles, telling his parents in all seriousness: I want to get baptized. It began with the recent cancer diagnosis for a young man’s wife, the nudging of the … ...

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