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Thuiskomen: Wat verhaaltjes en gedichtjes voor wie wil
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Why oh why?

Why is the gospel so difficult to understand, grasp and remember?

I have friends that preached it for years but now can’t seem to apply it to their own life. I have a friend that is such a devote Jesus follower but gets so easily distracted by other people’s opinions all the time. How many of us have forgotten the gospel at a certain point? And no, not forgotten for real, just forgotten to look at

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Hitler's Cross: The Revealing Story of How the Cross of Christ was Used as a symbol of the Nazi Agenda

by Erwin W.. Lutzer

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Tot God

by Christophe Vekeman

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Oratory of the Heart: Daily Readings (Enfolded in Love)

by Frère Laurent

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