Deny yourself: How to bring your appetites and desires to order in 2023
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Tony Wilson2023-01-04T11:29:00
By rekindling our rich tradition of self-denial, Christians in the West will reap an abundant spiritual harvest and learn to cope better with life’s painful losses, says Tony Wilson
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