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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Bible answer Man Broadcast with the President

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of the Christian Research Institute, Hank Canigraph. Our mission is

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to equip you with answers to share the hope that

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you have within you because life and truth matter. Why

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because being armed with truth will equip you to counter

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the corrosive worldviews at work in our world today, while

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experiencing the authentic Christian life will make you a winsome

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witness of the purpose of life, which is to experience

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union with God and Christ, both for today and for

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all eternity. For more information about CRII and the Bible

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answer Man Broadcast, our phone number is eight eight eight

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seven thousand CROI. You can find us online at equip

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dot org. The following program was pre recorded and now

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here's Hank Hannah.

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Speaker 2: Thank very much, Randy. I am delighted to be back

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in studio. The first thing on my mind today is

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our year end. We are approaching the end of our

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fiscal year, and as I've said over the years, this

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is one of those critical months in our history every

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single year, so we ask people in a very special way.

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We try not to overdo it, but we let people

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know what the need is. If you don't ask, you

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will not receive. And so we are asking people to

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stand shoulder to shoulder with us in the battle for

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life and truth. This ministry, beyond the peradventure of a doubt,

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is making a difference in the lives of people all

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over the globe. I see the testimonies myself. I got

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a number of them handed to me today as I

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came into the studio. David, for example, says in prayer

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for you and Cri over two years ago, I had

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to hope for a healing miracle, but prayed for God's

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will to be done. Even though a healing miracle has

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occurred in my life, I'm just as dependent upon His

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healing hand as ever, because, as you have said, Jesus

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holds are every breath in his hands, whether we have

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cancer or not. So a word of encouragement, and these

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are the kind of people that are standing shoulder to

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shoulder with us in the battle for life and truth.

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And we're asking you to join that team. We're not

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asking you to give to this ministry, but we're asking

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you to give through this ministry so that you might

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touch the lives of people for time and for eternity.

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If you have some of the Lord's resources and you

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can give to this ministry. Please do that. Our contact

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information for those of you that want to give via

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the mail box eighty five hundred Charlotte, North Carolina, zip

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code two eight two seven one. You can also give

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via the web equipped dot or or you can talk

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to one of our resource consultant that number triple eight

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seven thousand on the letters here. We also have many

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other ways that we're reaching out to people through podcasts.

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If you haven't gone to iTunes and subscribe to our

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podcast there or wherever you consume your favorite podcasts, you

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can do so, or you can listen on the web

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at equipped dot org as well. This is one of

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the most enriching ways of touching your life that I

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can think of. I'm talking to some of the brightest

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minds in the Christian world. The conversations are all conversations

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you want to listen in on, and you have the

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opportunity to do that through the podcast, so please take

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advantage of that. I want to say a little bit

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about a biblical view of wealth, and then we'll go

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to our callers. The first thing I want to mention

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is that I am persuaded and by the way, I'm

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not just talking to you, I'm talking to myself. But

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I'm persuaded that the Bible teaches responsibility associated with wealth,

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and I suppose from the standpoint of the broader globe

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all of us, where the vast majority to whom I'm

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speaking right now, are wealthy, God's word encourages us to

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use money for the sake of the kingdom. And it's

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not just money. I don't mean to trivialize everything to

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what you actually give, because the giving of your time,

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the giving of your talent is very significant for kingdom purposes.

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But obviously we ask that people support this ministry financially

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as well. It's a very practical way in which you

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can continue to standder to shoulder with us in the

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battle for life and truth. Why well, it's crucial to

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realize that the earth is the Lord's and everything in it,

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the world and all all who live therein So the

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bottom line here, according to the text, is that God

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is the Landlord. We are just tenants. We didn't arrive

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with anything, and we will not take anything with us

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when we leave. I mean, every single breath is held

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in the hollow of the Lord's hand. We didn't come

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with anything, We're not going to leave with anything. So

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in those moments, you think, when I stand before you, Lord,

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are you going to be pleased with how I used

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my time and my talent and my treasure. So it's

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important to view wealth with eternity and mind to lead

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our lives here down below as responsible stewards, whether we

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have a little or a lot, so that one day

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at the judgment God himself will reward us. So ultimately,

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it's not a bank statement on earth accounts, it's the

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one in heaven. And I want to share just one

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verse with you and then go on to the questions,

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and that is this. The Bible chronicles the prayer of David,

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and I love this prayer because David is thanking God

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for the very privilege of being able to give to

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the work of the Lord. So this is what David says,

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But who am I and who are my people? That

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we should be able to give as generously as this.

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Everything comes from you, and we have given you only

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what comes from your hand. And now I have seen

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with joy, how willingly your people who are here have

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given to you. And I think about that verse because

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as a result of the giving, a temple is built,

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and that temple contained the glory of God. And that

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temple remained significant to the children of Israel because through

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that temple the priest gave sacrifices pointing to an ultimate

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sacrificial lamb. So there was immense significance to the temple.

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It had a huge, huge impact on the world, in fact,

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only from the perspective of eternity, where we fully know

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how huge that impact was. Of course, when Christ came,

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there's no need for the temple, but that temple was

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the way shower, as it were to Christ. So Christ

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comes and that temple has made a huge difference in

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the meantime. And so I suppose that what I'm saying

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here is that there's no telling what could be accomplished

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in our generation. If we too catch the joy of

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contagious giving, we would be empowered to spread the Gospel

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around the globe. We would be enabled to feed the hungry,

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clothe the naked, care for the sick, and like our forefathers,

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our generation might yet leave an indelible mark on this world.

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So what does Solomon say in Proverbs, honor the Lord

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with your possessions and with the first fruits of your increase,

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so that your barns will be filled with plenty, and

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your vats will overflow with new wine. In other words,

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the arm of the Lord is longer than yours, and

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he will supply to you as you supply to ministries.

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God ordains the ends as well as the means. He

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doesn't need our money, but he is teaching us something

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through giving, and so give as you have been given.

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Give generously. If you love this ministry, if this ministry

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has made a difference in your life, if you're seeing

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the difference it's making the lives of others. We're asking

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people to give and give generously. You can do so

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again in a secure fashion on the webit equipped dot

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box eighty five hundred, Charlotte, North Carolina, zip code two

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seven thousand and the letters c R. I. Let's see

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if I can just so many people hanging on, let

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me at least get one called in. This will have

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to be very quick. James Dallas, Texas listing on the web.

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Hi James, HELLOK.

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Speaker 3: First of all, I don't say thank you to you

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for your ministry, for you for your books you've written.

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I've listened to you since the nineties and talents in

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high school and right now your ministry, you and your

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family learning my prayers. But I had a quick question

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on the cannon.

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Speaker 4: I read in Luke where Luke Tostiopolis. Hey, you know

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a lot of people have taken you know, an orderly account.

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I'm gonna do the same thing to make sure that

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you're certain of the things you've been taught. And then

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in Corinthians polses that he wrote another letter. So my

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question is being that there's other sources and also the

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theory of Q what determined twenty seven books of the

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New Testament cannon?

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Speaker 2: Okay, I'm going to have to give you a short

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sound bite to be elaborated if you look on the web.

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A lot of resources that we have on this subject,

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but the sound bite. The early church fathers accepted books

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as part of the canon on the basis that they

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were widely used within the churches and ultimately traceable to

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the authority of the apostles and the prophets. Much more

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could be said. This is a deep well subject, but

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unfortunately up against a time clock. Thanks for calling in

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and again, thank you from the bottom of my heart

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to those who are already standing with us, shouldered to

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shoulder in the battle for life and truth. You're making

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a difference not only for time, but also for eternity.

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We'll be right back.

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Speaker 1: If you were going into combat, what would be more

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important the number of those who were for you or

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the number of those who were with you? Now apply

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that question to today's battle for the hearts and minds of

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literally millions of people at home and abroad. That's what

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makes members of CRI's support teams so vital. They're not

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simply for CRI's critical mission. They're standing with CRI each

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and every day. If you want your voice and your

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values to be heard twenty four to seven through the

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outreaches of the Christian Research Institute, become a member of

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CRI's support team today. Just call eight eight eight seven

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thousand CRII to stand with CRII daily in the battle

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for life and truth. And as our thanks, Hank Canagraph

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God Spoken? Are the words of Scripture merely human in origin?

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of research and reflection, Hank Henagraph's monumental book Has God

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Spoken answers what is surely the most important question facing

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Bible's Divine inspiration, Hank counters the contentions of the Bible

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attackers and clearly shows that belief in the Holy Scriptures

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you may have to fight when there is no hope

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of victory, because it is better to perish than to

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live as slaves. Churchill sought to awaken those who were

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reluctant to fight against the advancing Nazi war machine. Today,

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a spiritual battle is taking place. Atheism advances in the West,

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and slavery to secularity is imprisoning more and more hearts

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and minds in the United States. For this reason, CRI's

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Speaker 2: If I'm what yourndy and we will go to our

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phone callers. John in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

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Speaker 5: Hi, John hik, thanks for taking that call. How are

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we as Christians supposed to assess react feel about movies

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that fall or take inspiration or bon naratives and themes

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and different things from the Bible and put them into

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a secular sense, Really talking more about the more innocuous

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generic ones. I know there's some movies out there that

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we just don't go near. Wanted to get your take

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I guess you have to feel sorry

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for the people because the people really don't have a

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clue about what they're boring. They don't know the riches

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of the Book of Revelation. Unfortunately, the problem there is

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not only with secular movie producers. But the problem is

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also with many people in the church as well. They

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don't know how to read the Book of Revelation in

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the sense in which it's intended, and so they typically

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use this in some apocalyptic twenty first century since And

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even al Gore, when he's talking about global warming, did this.

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He said, this global warming we're experiencing right now is

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like taking a trek through the Book of Revelation. In

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other words, it's like everything that we have in Revelation

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now coming true as a result of global warming. Well,

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whether you believe in global warming or not, or what

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you consider the cause of global warming to be, is

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not my point. My point is simply to say that

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al Gore has no clue what the Book of Revelation

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is all about. And I think that's the systemic problem.

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It is learning to read the Biblical text in the

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sense in which it is intended. And there's no greater

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example of where we've got to get good at this

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than the Book of Revelation. And the way this all

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starts is just to go to the very first chapter

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and then you find out that this is the revelation

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of Jesus Christ, which God gave to John to show

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him what must soon take place. So John, as a

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result of the revelation of Jesus Christ, is writing to

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seven churches in the epicenter of a Caesar cult, and

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he's simply telling them to be faithful and fruitful. They

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are going to go through a tempestuous time. They're going

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to lose the very edifice that gave them their spiritual

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and their social significance. The Temple Jerusalem is going to

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be destroyed. It's going to be eventually plowed over as

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it were like a field. You won't even know that

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a city endures there for all these centuries. And so

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it's going to be apocalyptic. When will this happen? What

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will be the sign of your coming and the end

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of the Age's sacrifice? Well, John is explaining it's about

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to happen. The end of the Age's sacrifice is near.

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This will happen soon. So what does John do in response, Well,

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he writes seven letters to seven churches in the epicenter

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of a Caesar cult that are going to endure this apocalypse,

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and he's saying, don't do the same thing that the

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prostituted bride is done. Don't go to bed with the beast,

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they'll go to bed with the Roman Empire, they'll go

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to bed with the world. But instead stand faithful, because

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if you do, you will receive a crown, an everlasting crown,

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and you will be accounted with the full complement of

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God's people that Christ carries over the threshold of Jordan

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into the New Jerusalem, which is depicted a course in

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Revelation chapter twenty one. And then you see the eternal

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state in full view in Revelation chapter twenty two. So

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this book is no different than the other books of

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the Bible in this regard. It's written to first century

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people about a first century situation. Wasn't written to us.

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It was written for us. It was written to them,

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just like the Book of Romans is written to Romans.

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My point here is simply to say that people have

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taken the Book of Revelation and prostituted it. Now you

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can talk about application, because astrophees and every single epic

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of time, certainly in our epic of time. So the

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words of Revelation apply to them. Right, be faithful and fruitful.

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You're going to suffer, But even though you lose all

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the world's possessions, your reward is ultimately an eternal reward.

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So it is the message of the Bible encapsulated in

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a book, and it's a beautiful book. But you got

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to learn how to read it. And unfortunately the world

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doesn't know how to read it. I think even more

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systemically problematic is that the Church no longer seems to

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know how to read the Book of Revelation. I wrote

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a book about this called The Apocalypse Code. Find out

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what the Bible really says about the end times and

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why it matters today. It does teach you how to

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read the Book of Revelation for all it's worth. Margaret

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next in California. Hi Margaret, Hi, oh, and.

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Speaker 6: Thank you for taking my call, and God's bless you.

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December twenty sixth of twenty eleven, I was diagnosed with

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stage four small cell neuroendocren carcinoma. Incurable. Life expectancy was

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ten years. Well. Just as of May thirtieth of two fifteen,

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my oncologists informed me I was cancer free.

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Speaker 4: Wow.

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Speaker 6: Yes, and I'm elated, though I have to be honest,

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I was a little disappointed because I do believe in

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our Lord with all of my heart, and I was

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looking forward, looking forward to that in spite of the

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fact that you know, people see this is a negative

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thing in cancer, I want to be giddy with anticipation

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when my time comes to meet our Lord. That I

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just wanted to give you that statement for my doctor

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that I am now cancer free. And I don't know.

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Is this a miracle? That's the only thing I can

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get get two, that this is a What else could

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it possibly be other than is my oncologist termed at me?

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He says, I cure you. So I bless my cancer

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team and everyone involved, my family, my friend's strangers even

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and I know it can return. But still, is this

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a miracle?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? First of all, let me say that that was

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one of the most eloquent testimonies I have ever heard,

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particularly the part about being giddy, which is a perfect

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way of describing how we should feel, because the alternative

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to not being healed in this world is the best

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of all possibilities because we will be in the presence

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of the Lord. And so I really appreciate your testimony.

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is a miracle in many different ways. A miracle in

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terms of the transformation of the person, a miracle in

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that God can supernaturally heal you. I don't know the

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circumstances of your life and your situation well enough to

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speak authoritatively. The thing that I do know with certainly

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given your testimony, is that your priorities aren't exactly the

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right place. And the great wonder of it all is, Margaret,

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that you are left here for a purpose, and that

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is to be a testimony to His goodness and grace,

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which you've just been.

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Speaker 6: Oh well, thank you for that. Because I didn't write

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this down, I didn't become prepared. It just came from

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the heart. But yes, my belief too is it's God's will.

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I prayed that every day many times, and God helped

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me with this, help me with that. But your will

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be done, and I believe in that. Also. My son

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is a Buddhist and he's been in the military for

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almost twenty years, and he is the past three years

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they moved him out here. He has to be relocated

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nearer to me because of my health condition. Well, he's

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been going into a slump and I don't even know

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other than prayer, I don't know what to do for

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my son's not paid his bills. Luckily, he was able

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to withdraw some of his money from his military accounts

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to cover him, you know, to take care of all

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the things that he didn't bother to pay his car,

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car insurance, rents, etc. And he's not a drug addict,

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but he does drink alcohol that he's cutting down on that.

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And I this is my big worry that he was

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my only reason for really not wanting to leave. He's

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my only child. If I didn't have Robert, I don't

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know if I would have gone through chemo or not.

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Speaker 2: Hey, Margaret, I don't mean to be rude or disrespectful

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in any way. I'm just right up against the clock

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and I had no choice but to cut you off there.

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Let's pray for him right now. Father, thank you so

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much for Margaret and for her words, which truly were

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like apples of gold and settings of silver, spoken in

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the right circumstance and encouragement to me and I'm sure

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too many many people around the world. We do take

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the opportunity to lift Robert before your throne of Christ,

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and we pray Lord that he might be liberated from

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the hell of reincarnation and find what his mother has

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the hope of resurrection, which is an absolutely certain hope.

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Lord made the testimony not just of her lips, but

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the testimony of her love and life be so compelling

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that Robert makes a u turn on the road of life,

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that he finds Jesus Christ to be his all, that

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he finds not only the port of salvation, but he

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goes beyond that port to find that the shipwrecked ultimately

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on their journey to union with God. Please, Lord, continue

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to be the balm of Gilead in the life of Margaret,

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and through the prayers of God's people reach Robert through

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the power of your spirit. Again up by might, nor

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by power, but by your Spirit. In the name of Christ,

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Jesus Our Lord, we pray, Amen, Amen, Bless you Margaret

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so long for now.

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