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The Airport Gate That Became a Church

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In December 2022, a massive winter storm stranded over four thousand travelers at Denver International Airport for three days. Strangers who would never have spoken...

This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 2 Corinthians 13:11-13.

In December 2022, a massive winter storm stranded over four thousand travelers at Denver International Airport for three days. Strangers who would never have spoken became a makeshift community. A retired nurse from Topeka named Margaret Chen started checking on elderly passengers. A college student named David Okafor shared his phone charger with a mother trying to video-call her kids.…

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2 Corinthians 13:11-13

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2 Corinthians 13:11-13 — Dispensational (edgy)

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2 Corinthians 13:11-13 — Christocentric (pastoral)

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