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Sep 2021

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A Most Intriguing Event with John MacArt...

LIGONIER MINISTRIES

About this episode

When we recall the Christians who have suffered for translating God's Word into the language of ordinary people, we should cherish our Bibles all the more. On this episode of 5 Minutes in Church History, Dr. John MacArthur joins Dr. Stephen Nichols to speak about the Reformation translator William Tyndale.

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