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Oct 13
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Lust: The Case of Joseph

TIM KELLER
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Joseph’s career was going along fairly well. He’d risen from servanthood to becoming, in a sense, the Chief Operating Officer of a huge estate. And then sex came. He wasn’t even looking for it, but it came at him. Things may be going very well for you, but sex will come—and it’s such a powerful force that how you handle it can make or break you. From Genesis ... Show More
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