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Mar 2024
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The Book of Strange New Things | It Is W...

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What exactly is the Bible? If we misunderstand what the Bible is, we’ll turn in into something it’s not. John Mark makes the case that the Bible is a library of writings that are both divine and human, that together tell a unified story which leads us to Jesus.


Key Scripture Passages: John 5v39-40


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