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Welcome to Real Christianity. My name is Dale Partridge.

Today will be an abnormal show. Over the past weekend, our school reformation seminary hosted

our first group of 18 of biblical house church planters here in Central Oregon.

We spent three days going over what I call the informed preaching process and the art

and science of expository studying. But after three back-to-back, 12 hour days, it all culminated

in having all of these men join our house church for worship on Sunday morning.

And I'll tell you guys, the sound of nearly 30 men, our group plus our actual church,

all these men singing hymns like he will hold me fast and blessed assurance.

It really was sincerely special. In a world that is so saturated with passive and checked

out husbands and fathers, there's just something beautiful about hearing a large group

of men boldly praising God. And I was able to, after this wonderful time of worship,

I was able and blessed to preach on the assurance that we have in our salvation as I wrapped

up a five-part teaching on 1 John. Now, I say all this because I poured myself out of these

past several days and even the weeks prior in my preparation.

And unfortunately, I wasn't able to set aside adequate time for study this week for this

episode. That said, today in America is the inauguration of the next president of the

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