The Saar Fellowship Podcast

This week we had a message from Randy Brown and Philippians 1 about proclaiming the Gospel regardless of what is happening around us.

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Why is our giving so important and why do we so often fall short in this particular spiritual discipline? Listen in as we continue our study in 2 Corinthians at Saar Fellowship, Bahrain.

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This week we see how God comforts and encourages His people through His people and draw a big, Christ-centred conclusion!

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This week we talk about being properly partnered with those around us and the promises of God given to us if we need to step away from some.

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We continue in 2 Corinthians and see a strong challenge for believers to love as they have been loved, specifically the leaders in their lives.

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This week we take a deep dive into some of the topics that came up in last week's text, mainly double imputation.

Why is Jesus so much better than OT sacrifices?

What could they never do that He can?

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We're back in 2 Corinthians after Easter and what a great passage! Substitutionary atonement, double imputation, and a call to recognise ourselves as ambassadors...there's so much here.

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Listen in to the short message from our Good Friday service where we see how a repentant sinner found forgiveness at the cross.

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We pause 2 Corinthians and start our Easter build up by seeing how Jesus encountered the religious on Palm Sunday.

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This week we talk about why we need to live our lives with conviction, being sure about all we are doing.

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Where does real and lasting perseverance come from? What does it do for us?

Join us at Saar Fellowship as we continue our study through 2 Corinthians.

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This week we had a small group online service and talked through Nehemiah 4. 

Why do we pray AND act?

Listen in and find out!

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How can Paul so confidently move from old to new ways of relating to God? Can we be as bold? 

Listen in to 2 Corinthians 3 and find out!

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This week we see the relationship between Paul and the Corinthians changing, and how he is encouraging them to change relationships amongst themselves.

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How can we plan for our future with great confidence?

Listen in as we continue our study through 2 Corinthians here at Saar Fellowship in Bahrain.

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Paul shares with the Corinthians his confidence despite a seemingly soon-to-come death. How is that possible and how do we have that confidence, too?

Join us at Saar Fellowship in Bahrain and find out!

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We begin a study in 2 Corinthians called 'Rewired' and talk about the comfort of God: a who, a what, and importantly, a why.

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Join us for our last message of 2022 as we talk about some Scriptural truths of forgiveness.

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Join us for the third message in our Advent series from Luke 2.8-20.

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Join us as we build towards Christmas and look at perhaps the simplest passage in the Bible!

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This week we finish our study of 1 Corinthians and see how Paul finishes the letter. There is also a big and bold takeaway for us that brings the last 40 messages together!

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This week we talk about money and movement, finance and our future. 

Do we keep it all for ourselves?

Do today's believers have to give financially?

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This week we finish the main section of 1 Corinthians and read about a mystery: a change is needed that we cannot enact ourselves...

Listen in to see how this mystery is made clear!

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What will the resurrection body be like?

What does this knowledge do for us?

Listen in and find out!

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Today we see the inevitability of our own, personal, and bodily resurrection and how that impacts our behaviour day by day.

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Why is the Gospel message of such practical value?

Listen in as we continue our study through 1 Corinthians here at Saar Fellowship in Bahrain.

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Was Pastor James in 1Direction? How was this outrageous claim investigated and what on earth does this have to do with our text today?

Listen in and find out!

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We pause 1 Corinthians and see how Scripture talks about women.

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Does this passage fit with its context? Why is it here if it doesn't? Are ladies allowed to speak in church?

Listen in as we walk through a difficult text together here at Saar Fellowship.

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Join us as we continue our study through 1 Corinthians and talk about how we use our gifts at the gathering.

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We're back in 1 Corinthians and we're talking about why we use our gifts at the gathering. 

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Join us as we kick off a new year in Bahrain by looking at Philippians 2.12-13 and talking about working out our salvation personally, in the church, and in the community.

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We finish our summer sermon series by looking at the most audacious bending out of shape we see in Scripture.

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Is this a promise to all people at all times?

How is it applicable to us now?

Listen in as we continue our summer series, 'Bent Out Of Shape'.

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Is Matthew 10.8 part of what we all need to do as believers?

Are we failing if we are not doing these things?

Listen in as we continue our summer series 'Bent Out Of Shape'!

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What is the book of Jonah all about?

Is it about your obedience?

Does God move because of Jonah or in spite of Jonah?

Listen in and find out!

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This week we start our summer sermon series and look at a chronically misused verse: Philippine 4.13.

What is it really about?

What is Paul teaching the Philippians and what is God saying to you in this verse?

Listen in and find out!

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Listen in as Pastor James gives us a three point to-do list for summer; Plan, Pray, and Say.

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Why do we gather in the particular church groups that we do? 

Paul gives us one big reason today, listen in and learn!

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What are the greater gifts? 

Which spiritual gifts should we seek to use publicly and which are more private?

Join us at Saar Fellowship in Bahrain and find out!

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Gifts and love...which will last longer?

Join us at Saar Fellowship in Bahrain as we continue our study through 1 Corinthians.

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We continue in 1 Corinthians and talk about gifts and love, eggs and shell!

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Paul continues and makes the abstract so very personal.

Join us at Saar Fellowship in Bahrain as we continue our journey through 1 Corinthians.

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Is Paul writing about spiritual gifts to clarify and critique them? Is he really writing about gifts at all?

Listen in as we continue our study through 1 Corinthians here at Saar Fellowship in Bahrain.

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We continue in 1 Corinthians and see how it's possible to avoid divisions in a transient and international community like Corinth (and ours).

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We finish our Easter program by celebrating the resurrection and seeing 3 things it means for us every day!

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We continue our build up to Easter and look at another Easter exchange: honour for humility.

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We start our Easter build up by looking at Philippians 2 and the exchange of heaven for here.

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How can the Corinthians know what decision to make, no matter the circumstances?

How can we?

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Listen in to a super serious warning from Paul about walking too close to the edge, but also for some super serious encouragement!

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Paul was compelled to preach and teach the Gospel. Is this passage an evangelistic fire-starter, or is there more going on?

Listen in and find yourself in this passage!

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Is there a demand on our finances and where does it come from?

Is giving to those leading our churches something we choose to do or something we are Scripturally compelled to do?

Join us and find out!

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What does the principle of liberty and love look like in our lives today?

Join us as we continue our study of 1 Corinthians at Saar Fellowship!

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Where is the perfect place in the world to learn to live like a believer? Is there one?

Listen in as Pastor James teaches through 1 Corinthians 7.25-35 and makes a case for that place being right here in Bahrain!

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This week we talk about change: because it's happening around us, should we change too?

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Join us as we hear from David Guzik of Enduring Word for a special message from Acts 23!

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This week we hit pause on 1 Cor. and talk about divorce.

When is it ok?

When is it not?

What do we do now?

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What is Paul's counsel to the Corinthians about divorce? Listen in and find out!

Next week we have a social topical message about divorce in Scripture, join us on Friday at 10am Bahrain time at 

We're back in 1 Corinthians (still with sound issues for the recording) and talking about marriage and singleness: is there a more holy path?

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We start the year with sound issues...but looking ahead through the lens of the book of Esther!

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We kick off our advent series by looking at what all our Christmas gatherings are previews of...

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We continue our study through 1 Corinthians and talk about why all of us is important, all of the time.

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This week we're back to 1 Corinthians and talk about how and why we need to fix fights in the family.

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We're back in 1 Corinthians and talking about how we understand and choose to behave like a believer.

Does it matter what we do or just what we believe?

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Building from thinking well, how should we perceive our place in the world as believers?

Listen in as we continue our study through 1 Corinthians!

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This week we see Paul building his case for the Corinthians that they ought to behave like believers by saying that they ought to be thinking like believers. 

What we think, how we think about ourselves and the world around us impacts nearly everything we say and do.

Listen in as we continue our study through 1 Corinthians at Saar Fellowship!

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Join us as we continue our study through 1 Corinthians and see why it is so important how we behave once we have believed.

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FOMO is a real thing and it can change how we think and feel about the world around us.

Were the Corinthians missing out?

Are we missing out by putting so much stock into the Good News of Jesus?

Listen in as Pastor James teaches through 1 Corinthians 2 and find out!

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Where do we find the power to progress our lives as individuals, but also as a community?

Listen in to Pastor James teaching through 1 Corinthians 1.18-31 and find out!

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Where does division come from in a Christian community?

What is the source of unity?

Listen in and find out!

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Why are we made rich in the grace of God? Is it for ourselves?

Listen in as we begin a study in 1 Corinthians!

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Listen in as we talk about our upcoming sermon series through 1 Corinthians!

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Join us as we see where we put our trust in turbulent times.

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This week we look at Psalm 91 and see if it teaches universal help from anything for everyone.

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How do we view ourselves in the midst of an ever-changing world?

Where does our value and worth in life come from?

Listen in as Pastor James teaches through Psalm 8!

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"Underneath this very real and literal sheep talk is a deep and profound theological truth...there's some big truth about God there."

Join us as we teach through Psalm 23 at Saar Fellowship!

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We continue our summer series and start with the much-loved hymn 'It Is Well'.

How can the hymn's writer say such things in the darkest hour of his life?

How can Paul feel the same whilst in prison awaiting his death?

Listen in and find out!

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We kick off our summer series 

'Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs' 

with a message from 

Psalm 1: The Blessed Life.

Listen in as Pastor James teaches through the Psalm and we see how we can all live a blessed life, today!

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Join us for a special heading-into-summer message from Pastor James as move into a time of year when many leave Bahrain, either for a holiday or permanently.

*Audio quality is not our usual as this was streamed from home

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Is our only hope in death, as Solomon says?

Listen in as Pastor James teaches through Ecclesiastes 9 and we see God's heart for our hope!

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Where do we look for answers to the questions we have?

How do we make sense of the world?

Listen in as Pastor James teaches through Ecclesiastes 8.

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Where does wisdom come from? Where do we find wisdom for living?

Listen in as Pastor James teaches through Ecclesiastes 7!

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How bad is the endless cycle of life lived under the sun?

Is work a way out of it?

What about relationships?

Listen in as Pastor James teaches through Ecclesiastes 4 and we see where the real break in the cycle comes from!

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Listen in as Pastor James teaches through Ecclesiastes 3 - camera problems and all - and we see whether we can control our own times and seasons, and whether there is any way of knowing what happens in the future.

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This week we see the teacher evaluate whether accumulating pleasure, possessions, wisdom, or work is a worthy task to add meaning to our lives.

Listen in as Pastor James teaches through Ecclesiastes 2!

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We start a new study this week through the often-overlooked book of Ecclesiastes. 

Are we all chasing the wind?

Do our lives matter?

Listen in as Pastor James teaches through Ecclesiastes 1.

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What did Good Friday sound like?

Join us for our Good Friday service as we listen to the sound of sacrifice.

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We would love to have you join us on Sunday for our Easter Sunday services, at 10am and 6pm. All the details are at 

We finish our study of 2 Thessalonians by talking about the future: how were the Thessalonians going to negotiate their future, and how are we going to flourish after a season of such uncertainty?

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Listen in as Pastor James teaches through 2 Thessalonians 2.1-12. We talk about how we are to negotiate difficult situations and circumstances that we're unsure of.

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This week we start a new series through 2 Thessalonians and see where to look for hope and encouragement when things get tough.

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We finish our study of 1 Thessalonians by looking at some of the tools of the trade a Christian needs for personal holy living.

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How do we treat church leaders? How do we treat one another?

Paul instructs the Thessalonians on both of these topics in 1 Thessalonians 5.12-15.

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How do we put the hope Paul has given into action? 

We continue our study of 1 Thessalonians with a message from 5.1-11

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We continue our study of 1 Thessalonians and see what Paul thought the return of Jesus would look like. He also answers the question of 'Is it better to be alive or have died when Jesus returns?'

For a deeper dive into the language, culture, and context of this passage, check out 'Message Extra', here:

This week we see why the rapture might not be what you think it is, and why 1 Thessalonians 4.13-18 is still an amazingly encouraging passage.

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This week the tone changes and Paul moves from 'how I feel' towards 'what you should and shouldn't do'.

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This week we see Paul talking about sexual immorality, countercultural encouragements, and sanctification. 

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This week's message extra talks about cross-referencing, suffering, and 'Amen'.

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We continue our study in 1 Thessalonians and see some reminders from the pen of Paul.

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This week's message extra from 1 Thessalonians 2.1-16 talks about children, mums, dads, and the church!

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This week we start a new study through 1 Thessalonians and see if our actions are important.

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Taken from our Christmas Eve service, Pastor James gives a Christmas message of hope.

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We start the new year by making a commitment to grow and to give all to the glory of God. Join us!

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This week we start a new series - The Gift - and look at Genesis 3.8-15.

Is there a gift you have always needed? Listen and find out!

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We finish our study of Daniel and see how we can be certain of our future!

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After our battery fail on Friday, here is the full teaching on Daniel 10!

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This week we do some amazing Messianic mathematics and see who Daniel 9 is talking about!

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We continue our walk through Daniel and arrive at chapter 8 where Daniel sees his vision of a ram and a goat. 

We see a pattern, a preview, and a promise and talk about what it means for you!

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This week we cover a well-known and beloved Bible story in Daniel 6! But, the conclusion might not be what you expect!

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We continue our study of Daniel and see that to not learn from the past is inexcusable. 

King Belshazzar needed to look back and learn from all that happened to Nebuchadnezzar and for us, we need to look back and learn from Jesus, about Jesus, with Jesus, and for the glory of Jesus.

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This week we talk about the pride of Nebuchadnezzar and see that without repentance, there can be no restoration.

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We continue our study through Daniel this week with a look at chapter 3 - do I need to keep my options open?

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We continue our study of Daniel as Pastor James teaches through chapter two. We answer the question

"Why should we trust God?"

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This week we start a new sermon series through the book of Daniel! Join us as Pastor James teaches through Daniel 1 and we see how it is still very relevant for our lives today.

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This week we finish our study of the 7 Signs in John's gospel by looking at the miraculous resuscitation of Lazarus. 

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This week we see Jesus healing the official's son at a distance as we continue our summer series '7 Signs'.

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This week we began our summer series and looked at Jesus turning water into wine. 

This week we finish our study in Ruth and draw some big-picture conclusions.

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Pastor James teaches through the book of Micah, and we see how it points to the greater reality and truth of Jesus through the main theme of restoration.