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May 2023
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The Apple and the Whale

LIGONIER MINISTRIES
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Church history is filled with biblical imagery. Today, Dr. Stephen Nichols considers the differences in how artists through the centuries have depicted the fruit that Adam and Eve ate in the garden of Eden and the fish that swallowed Jonah.

Read the transcript: https://www.5minutesinchurchhistory.com/the-apple-and-the-whale/

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