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Podcast: Preparing For The Kingdom Then and Now

Chuck Warnock

07 Nov 2011

What if the parable of the 10 bridesmaids isn’t about just the second-coming of Christ? What if it was about the coming of the kingdom of God in the first century, and how some were prepared then, and some were not? Does the warning of Jesus to watch and wait mean anything before he comes again? I think so, and here is the sermon I preached on Sunday, November 6, 2011. http://chuckwarnock.libsyn.com/preparing-for-the-kingdom-then-and-now

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