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INSIDE REPORT
PERSPECTIVE
VOL. 34, NO. 2

Pastor Doug Batchelor
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Unless otherwise noted, Scripture taken This issue of Inside Report is about “The Power of Forgiveness.” In these last days, I
believe every Christian needs to spend special time contemplating Jesus’ parable of the
from the New King James Version®.
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I hope we are all moved with compassion for those trapped beneath the weight of sin.

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