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Last Sunday, I took a break from the apocalypse to focus on Christmas.

By apocalypse, I'm not talking about the news cycle.

I'm talking about the actual apocalypse, the book of Revelation.

I'm teaching through Revelation week by week on Sundays at my church,

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