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Nov 2024
5m 41s

Death

LIGONIER MINISTRIES
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Death is not a subject on which most of us want to linger, for it is the enemy of the life we love. Today, Sinclair Ferguson explains how Christians are to think of death, that we may face this foe with hope in our risen Lord.

Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/things-unseen-with-sinclair-ferguson/death/

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