Can We Trust the Text of the Bible?<\/a>” on your website. I am so blessed spiritually when I read this teaching. When I shared this teaching with our church many people were blessed and touched by this teaching. I really feel the presence of God when I read your sermon. That’s the reason why I am e-mailing you because I want to say thank you for the teaching on your website and to let you know that I and my family are praying for you. And now I will always try my best to visit your site because I want to grow in the knowledge of God with you.<\/p>\nGod bless you.<\/p>\n\t
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I’m glad to hear that you and the brethren there have benefited from the efforts here.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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