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Repentance

Repent as soon as you can - nothing is gained by waiting

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As I was growing up my mother would use a weird phrase to encourage us to tidy the house up. She would say (quite oblivious to the phrase...

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Gary Brady: Welsh born pastor [b '59] now back in Wales Pastor Childs Hill Baptist, London ['83-'26] husband to Eleri ['88ff]; father to 5 sons [b '89-'01]; 4 daughters-in-law ['09ff]; 9 grandchildren ['14ff] author: several books, many blogs.

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