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The Blacksmith's First Commission - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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The Blacksmith's First Commission

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The first time twelve-year-old Samuel Whitfield stepped into his grandfather's forge in rural Tennessee, the heat nearly drove him back through the door. The furnace...

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Isaiah 6:1-8

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