Why Christians should (and shouldn’t) be angry about the Qatar World Cup
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Jonty Langley2022-11-01T20:32:00
In looking ahead to the men’s World Cup, Jonty Langley wonders how the event has become so controversial. The answer, he discovers, is beer. Sort of
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