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Podcast: If Our Names Have Been in the Book of Life Since Before Creation, Are We Still Free?
Greg considers the documentation habits of the Lord.
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Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Free Will, God's Sovereignty, Predestination, freedom
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