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Jesus Untangled: Crucifying Our Politics to Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb
By Keith Giles and Greg Boyd
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What if the greatest threat to Christianity in America was American Christianity?
As the Church has become increasingly entangled in the pursuit of politics, the Gospel has become tarnished and often abandoned as the primary focus of the Body of Christ. Jesus Untangled is a prophetic call for the Churc
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