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Mar 2025
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Is God Beyond Words?

LIGONIER MINISTRIES
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Can we say anything meaningful about the transcendent, holy God? Today, R.C. Sproul shows that while our words have their limits in theology and many other disciplines, we can speak truly about the God who has made Himself known.

Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/ultimately-with-rc-sproul/is-god-beyond-words/

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