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What We Receive and Pass On

biblical emphasis on generational faithfulness

Faith is personal, but it is never merely private. We receive a heritage from those who went before, and we become the generation that will either strengthen or weaken what the next generation receives. The question is not whether we will leave a legacy. It is what kind.

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We stand in a stream. What we have received we are also responsible to hand on.

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