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1 Peter 3:15<\/a> says \u201cAlways be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.\u201d I would like to believe that this<\/em> is not<\/em> what that author had in mind\u2026<\/p>\n

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1 Peter 3:15 says \u201cAlways be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.\u201d I would like to believe that this is not what that author had in mind\u2026 HT A Feather Adrift<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nUnprepared to Give an Answer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"1 Peter 3:15 says "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." 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