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Sermon Clip: Keeping Christmas
Through Christ, God fulfills all his promises, and by yielding to him and giving up control, we can set ourselves free.
Full Sermon here: http://whchurch.org/sermons-media/sermon/keeping-christmas
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Tags: Greg Boyd, Jesus, Sermons, Woodland Hills Church
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