August 28th: 2 Samuel 15 & Colossians 3:12-25
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Alastair Roberts
The coup of Absalom. The appropriate behaviour of Christians.
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).
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