December 20, 2012

Bring Your Swords, and Guns, to Church

Bobby Ross, Get Religion

Back in my high school days, my family attended a Church of Christ in Fort Worth, Texas.

Most every Sunday, our minister made the same request before he preached.

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TAGGED: Bible, Swords, church, guns

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