Satan's Little Victories

We've had so many aMaZiNg ReVeLaTiOnS with Russell in power. I wonder what an all-powerful, all-knowing divine being has to share with us this General Conference?

Hopefully, I'm not inadvertently offending the Savior just because it was ok with previous prophets.

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A Search for LGBTQ+ in Scripture: A Biblical Abomination (part 4)

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