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“Comforting the Afflicted & Afflicting the Comfortable” James 1:9-11

Posted on 2012/09/16 by Shawn Thomas

In the early 1900’s, humorist Finley Peter Dunne said that “The newspaper does everything for us. It runs the police force and the banks, commands the militia, controls the legislature, baptizes the young, marries the foolish, comforts the afflicted and … Continue reading →

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