June 27th: Judges 9 & 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28
June 26, 2020
Alastair Roberts
The reign of Abimelech. Concluding exhortations.
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).
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