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Quiet Time: Questioning Traditional Doctrines

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Blessed are the peacemakers, Jesus says in Matthew 5:9 — not the peace-keepers, not those who smooth things over to avoid discomfort, but the peacemakers. There is a difference. Peace-keeping silences the honest question. Peacemaking holds the question and the...

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