Running to the Sound of Gunfire
A 2021 conference address from Stephen Crocco on the courage Christians need to run toward the difficult places rather than away. The metaphor is military, the application is pastoral, and the audience is Reformed believers wondering whether to keep speaking at all.
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- 01 “Live Not By Lies”
- 02 Struggling to “Live Not by Lies”
- 03 Running to the Sound of Gunfire Reading
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