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Week 4

March 29, 2020 • Ken Mitchell

Perhaps one of the most famous signs performed by Jesus was feeding over 5000+ people with five loaves of bread and two fish. Those that followed Jesus thought he was finally getting to the point of what he could do for them. They were more enamored with the signs than with what the signs were pointing to.

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