Mark is pastor of Lafayette Salem Evangelical Church, and veteran missionary of 30 years. He and his family have served overseas in China and in the Dominican Republic. His wife, Rachel, is a local gal from Whittier, IA. They met while serving in China.
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The Bible can be hard to understand, for a variety of reasons. But it isn't so much because the Bible is written in complex language or complicated logic, or even that its teachings are cloaked in impenetrable cultural concepts. Jesus reveals two of the key…
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