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Apr 2023
27m 17s

First London Confession, Ch 1 on God

JOE THORN & JIMMY FOWLER
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Today the guys catch up and then begin to discuss the First London Confession, Chapter 1. The 1LC is good, but deficient. Want to follow along as we discuss? Pick up The First London Confession by PBHB, and Dr. Renihan’s exposition of the confession in his For The Vindication of the Truth. 
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