But when I understood that the faith that we hold dear reaches back 2,000 years in counting,

considering the old covenant.

Grammy nominated Christian rapper Flame, talking about his new book,

Because Jesus taught it, Christianity through the eyes of the church fathers.

My goodness, he helped me understand that God is for us in ways that I wasn't exposed to,

thinking about the sacraments.

It just brought a whole new comfort and joy.

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I think what the election showed is that some people are starting to think there is no such thing as being on a side of history.

And we can express our opinions, including our opinion, that Christianity is a good force in the public square.

Yeah, the good news is numbers fell because of Dobbs.

Abortions fell by 3%.

The abortion rate fell by 2%.

So the fact that abortion trend quit increasing and started to fall,

and we did see a decrease the number of abortions,

that's a big deal, and that is good news.

When Jesus says, I have eternal life, you know,

when you're told by the pastor that your sins are forgiven,

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