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May 2024
1h 23m

For What Shall it Profit a Man to Gain t...

Dr. Jeannie Constantinou, and Ancient Faith Ministries
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What should we be willing to do for Christ? Is a Christian really required to die to the world to have eternal life, and what does that even mean? How do we die for Christ in our modern society? The Fathers speak! 
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