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December 7th, 2025: God's Word | Psalm 19:7-13
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12). To the skeptic, the word of God, or simply belief in God, is viewed as a crutch to a believer. To the atheist, there is no god and no need for one. Agnostics contend that any knowledge of a god is unknown and unknowable. The ideas th
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
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