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The Soup That Outlasted the Sermon

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When Dorothy Henderson died at ninety-three in Macon, Georgia, nearly four hundred people filled the sanctuary at First Baptist. The pastor admitted he was stunned....

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1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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1 Corinthians 13:1-13 — Liberation Theology (pastoral)

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1 Corinthians 13:1-13 — Baptist (edgy)

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