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Apr 2025
39m 37s

Teaching | Groaning In Hope

Practicing the Way
About this episode

Is the world getting worse? Or better? John Mark explores how the world is progressing materially and technologically, but regressing psychologically, relationally, and spiritually. He shows how, even in the midst of the good and the bad of the human condition, the resurrection of Jesus opens the door for us to live the life we're longing for.


Key Scripture Passage: Romans 8v18-25


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