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Ask any pastor who has loved a flock or two how many of his ewes, lambs, and rams have shocked him as the years passed, both positively and negatively, and he’ll tell you it’s one of the most sobering things about pastoral ministry. You can think one person is hopeless, and then God’s Holy Spirit acts and it is astounding! You can think one person is a spiritual giant, and then he withers and fades, after a while becoming Chesterton’s half-Christian who has gone mad and become the anti-Christian.

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Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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