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Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Dark Valley - Lutheran (Psalm 23) - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Dark Valley - Lutheran (Psalm 23)

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"'Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death'—note: THROUGH, not around. God does not promise to spare us the valley but to walk with us through it. The shadow of death is still shadow; it is not...

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Psalm 23:4

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Dark Valley - Lutheran (Psalm 23)

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