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The Borrowed Canoe at Lake Windermere - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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The Borrowed Canoe at Lake Windermere

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Every summer, the outfitter at Lake Windermere in British Columbia rents cedar-strip canoes to tourists. Before anyone touches a paddle, old Tom Macready walks each...

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1 Corinthians 6:12-20

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