July 19th: 1 Samuel 10 & 2 Corinthians 1:1—2:11
July 19, 2020
Alastair Roberts
Saul's signs of the kingdom. Paul's painful relations with the Corinthians.
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).
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