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bit later on. Three non political questions. We're going to conclude our study of the book of

Colossians today on theology Thursday. A truth bomb coming your way a little bit later on as well.

But one of the cool things about getting to do this show is supporting worthwhile causes. And one

of the most worthwhile causes of them all is taking the word of God to what are called closed

countries. These are countries that have closed their people off to the scriptures because they

don't want them to be inspired to throw off the tyranny of their own sin because then they have

a tendency to decide they don't want to be oppressed by the sin of others at the same time.

And so whether it's communist China or Somalia where we get our congressman from nowadays by the way,

whether it's Iran, North Korea, these are what are called closed countries. And our friends

at Back to Jerusalem, their mission is to take the Bible to every closed country between Jerusalem

and communist China. And the way that they have endeavored to do so is they've put the Bible

in an electronic form about the size of a pill. You know, it can be downloaded by the people

from there, but it makes it easier to sneak it past the gatekeepers in these closed countries,

but they need our help to send thousands of these all over the world. $15 is what they're asking

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