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The House the Devil Built

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Matt Harrison
Jul 01, 2022
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In my current church context we use the language of house and home to talk about Church. It captures the sense of right relationship to God as Father, community with brothers and sisters and our own responsibility to one another beautifully. Phrases like build the house or God is building a home (taken from The Message translation of Ephesians 2:19) are…

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