Preparing Your People for Promised Suffering — Mark Dever

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Preparing Your People for Promised Suffering

Preparing Your People for Promised Suffering

Preacher: Mark Dever
Tradition: Baptist — Reformed
Published: Oct 10, 2019
Length: 4:30

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John Onwuchekwa describes the suffering his church went through—how he tried to prepare them for it, and how he wishes he’d prepared better. Join the 9Marks community: GET THE APP: http://9marks.link/app TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/9Marks FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/9Marks INSTAGRAM: https://www.instragram.com/9Marks BOOKSTORE: https://www.9marks.org/bookstore

Topics

Suffering & Trials
God's Promises

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