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Signs of the Times: The Sleeping Church

John Veldman·1980-07-01
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Please read Matthew 25:1-13. Talking about “being turned off”! Here we go through our life preparing ourselves for that exciting adult life ahead of us only to hear the minister talk about persecution outside of our borders and warnings about it in the (not too distant?) future for us. Reading the paper does not really give us a break either. Whoever may be blamed for it, the result is enough to turn anyone off. Internationally, we seem to have become a reacting instead of acting nation....

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Author
John Veldman
Date

1980-07-01

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Beacon Lights
Scripture References
Matthew
Matthew 25:1-13Matthew 24Matthew 24:42
John 3:36
Revelation 22:20
Hebrews 10:25
II Peter 3:4
Psalm 94:20
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