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Countdown 2024

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        To see the full message, scroll to the bottom.   E ach year, the Bible app You V ersion releases a list of the most read, most bookmarked and most shared verses of the past year. We're going to count down the top three on that list and see what those passages have to say to us about where we as believers — as the great body of believers around the world ( at least believers who have smart phones )-- have been engaging with scripture this year, in response to how our world has been evolving and changing.   A quick disclaimer : I 'm not a fan of preaching on individual verses. We need to be wise when we engage with individual verses in the Bible , because each individual verse is part of something larger. Sometimes it's a summary of something . Sometimes it's an exception to something. We have to be wise. Our faith is not a bumper sticker philosophy . We can't sum up J esus in the few words that will fit on a coffee cup.   B ut...