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Apr 2019
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Pete Enns Adds Color to Our Black & Whit...

JEN HATMAKER
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The Bible means many things to many people, and its passages have been interpreted seven ways to Sunday; in turn those interpretations have spawned countless church denominations that all vary in their beliefs. For some, the Bible is the ultimate answer book for anything that life may present. But for others, there are questions that the Bible doesn’t seem t ... Show More
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