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It was a profound, powerful, and illuminating sermon, an exposition of Scripture that proclaimed both the Law and the Gospel. The sermon is not posted right now, as I write this, but it will probably be at this site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"