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Oct 28
23m 46s

Barnabas and the God Who Builds Up

DESIRING GOD
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How do we avoid getting cynical in the face of people’s flaws? John Piper shows from Acts 9:18–31 how Barnabas watched for glimpses of God’s grace in others. 
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