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Sermon Clip: The Merciful and the Pure in Heart


Here’s a clip from Greg’s sermon this last weekend. You can download the entire sermon along with other resources by visiting the Woodland Hills Church sermon page.

Here’s Woodland Hill’s full description:

As we continue our series on the beatitudes, we find an increasing understanding of what it means to be a follower of Jesus. In this sermon, Greg talks about mercy and being pure in heart. He also shows how God doesn’t reward us for being merciful and being pure in heart, but there are natural, good consequences in doing these things.

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