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Contemplating The Bible is Not a Sex Manual

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When Jesus knelt with a basin and towel in that upper room, He didn't hand His disciples a rulebook. He didn't post a list of regulations on the wall. He got on His knees and touched their cracked, dusty feet...

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John 13:12-17

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