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Earlier today I walked into a friend\u2019s office and saw a very old book. It was leather over boards with broken brass clasps. Here\u2019s a picture. \u201cWhat is it?\u201d I asked. \u201cA Bible, I think,\u201d said my friend, Rod, adding that his wife picked it up on a sojourn in Russia. I asked for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1270,"featured_media":6300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1022,1024,1023],"class_list":["post-6298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misc","tag-alexander-nevsky","tag-christian-publishing","tag-old-books"],"yoast_head":"\n
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