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Feb 2023
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Reading the Hard Parts of the Bible

LIGONIER MINISTRIES
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What should we do when we find passages of the Bible that frighten or confuse us? In this episode, R.C. Sproul encourages us not to avoid the hard passages of Scripture but to fix our attention on them for our growth.

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