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Nov 2024
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The Visible and Invisible Church

LIGONIER MINISTRIES
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Not everyone who visibly appears in the church actually belongs to God’s redeemed people. Today, Barry Cooper helps us make the crucial distinction between the visible and invisible church.

Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/simply-put/the-visible-and-invisible-church/

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