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Podcast: Why Was Satan Allowed Into the Garden to Begin With?
Greg considers why Satan was allowed into the Garden.
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Tags: Adam and Eve, Evil, Natural Evil, Problem of Evil, Satan, Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
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