As always, thank you brother Jeffrey for all of your extremely sound teachings, lessons, and preaching from our one true Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. Praise God through Christ Jesus for blessing you with the gift and talent of preaching and teaching in such a way for us to easily comprehend the words of God.<\/p>\n\t
Thank you for the encouragement.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: As always, thank you brother Jeffrey for all of your extremely sound teachings, lessons, and preaching from our one true Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. 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