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The Real Reason for the Season
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The Real Reason for the Season
Jeff Swart, Senior Adult Pastor • Antioch, Conway
Christmas is a wonderful time of the year and yet, if we are not careful, the true meaning of Christmas can be lost. To illustrate what I mean, I would like to share a contemporary paraphrase of Luke 2:
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from the U.S. Treasury, that all of America should go shopping. (This ...
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