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What steps to make, what choice to take. / Which, will not be a mistake, two three four different rides, all leading to various truths or lies, / but only one is filled with certain success, doesn’t mean you won’t find pain or stress.

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Back from Cali

Cristian Marin | February 03, 2016

I’m back in Iowa after spending the holidays in California. I didn’t realize how much I missed my family until now. Although I loved being back, there was a part of me that was not at ease. A part of me that wouldn’t let me get comfortable.

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PRISON & JAIL MINISTRIES

Why Followers of Jesus Should Oppose Capital Punishment

May 26, 2021

Recently, there has been a rise in the number of executions of people on death row, particularly by the federal government. For decades, there have been debates over the use of capital punishment as a sentence for serious criminal offenses. What does the Bible say about capital punishment? Should followers of Jesus Christ, who was executed himself, oppose the use of capital punishment? Learn from a chaplain who has worked on death row in Florida for many years why followers of Jesus should be opposed to the use of capital punishment.

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