December 4th: Psalms 86 & 87 & Acts 26
December 3, 2020
Alastair Roberts
Glorious things of you are spoken, O city of God. Paul's speech before Festus and Agrippa.
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).
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