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The Condemned Highway That Saved a City

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In 2019, engineers inspecting the Hernando de Soto Bridge connecting Arkansas and Tennessee discovered a critical fracture in a steel beam — a crack that...

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Matthew 3:1-12

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Matthew 3:1-12 Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy.

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