We spent a couple of hours at the Garden Tomb this afternoon.
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\u201cIf Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn\u2019t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his\u00a0teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nTimothy Keller<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/p>
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