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Podcast: If the Crucifixion Is God’s Victory Over Satan, Why Does Satan Keep Fighting?
Greg talks already-but-not-yet, perspectives of the principalities, and the toilsome life of a muon.
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Tags: Satan, Satan and the Problem of Evil
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