Credal Query
(from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead) Just whence is that “thence” He shall come from? And –..
J. Barrie Shepherd is an award-winning poet and an honorably retired PC(USA) pastor, the author of many books.
(from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead) Just whence is that “thence” He shall come from? And –..
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It’s about the giving, really. So that all those holy folk who moan about the marketing and such can tend to miss..
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