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This episode discusses the importance of welcoming strangers as a defining characteristic of the early church.

Christians love their neighbors as themselves. One way is by welcoming the stranger, which makes the church the society of equal outsiders. Join us as we consider the second of 5 defining characteristics of the early church that made them distinct and definable. The sermon today is titled "Welcoming The Stranger." This sermon is the second installment in our sub-series "How Will They Know Us" and the tenth in our larger series "First Things First." The Scripture reading is from John 13:35 (ES...

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