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Alastair Roberts
My friend Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of the Mere Orthodoxy site and the author of the recent book, 'What Are Christians For? Life Together at the End of the World' (https://amzn.to/3sv3RbH). He joins me to discuss the book and the challenge of Christian faithfulness in our cultural context.
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