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Podcast: What Does it Mean that God No Longer Counts Our Sins Against Us?
Weights and Measures and Merciful Pleasures. Greg discusses divine math.
Painting: Tea Party
By: Andrei Ryabushkin
Date: 1903
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Tags: Atonement, Grace, Sin, Sinners
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