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Mar 2023
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The Cost of Rejecting the Bible’s Author...

LIGONIER MINISTRIES
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We cannot submit to the authority of Jesus Christ if we're standing in judgment over the written Word of Christ. Today, R.C. Sproul illustrates the grave consequences of rejecting the Bible's authority.

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