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This Christmas season, I am reminded of why Jesus came on Earth. The whole story of the Christian Bible is God reaching out to humans in reconciling love. God desires to bridge the chasm created by human sin and to restore the God-human relationship. Jesus represents God<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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