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Aug 2023
21m 58s

Only Son from the Father

DESIRING GOD
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Why is it essential for Christians to affirm that the eternal Son of God became man without ceasing to be God? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens to John 1:14–18 to deal with that critical question. 
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