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<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>I\u2019ve mentioned my Sunday school class at Crooked Creek Baptist Church on this blog on numerous occasions. But\u00a0now I have a chance to invite you to sit in on a session, at least virtually.\u00a0A couple that usually attends had to be absent yesterday, and we were due to cover a topic that one of them had requested. And so rather than just wait for them to return, they suggested that I record the class. And so, having done that, I thought I would share the video with you. If you enjoy it, let me know and I might start recording the class more regularly from now on!<\/p>\n<p>The topic was the history and development of the doctrine of the afterlife in ancient Israel, Judaism, and Christianity. 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