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After the Wildfire, the Wildflowers - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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After the Wildfire, the Wildflowers

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In November 2018, the Camp Fire reduced the town of Paradise, California, to ash. Ninety percent of the structures were gone. Residents who returned found...

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Joel 2:23-32

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