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Maintaining a dual citizenship

Posted on August 28, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 5 Comments

As believers, we have a dual citizenship, we live in a country (or countries) but are also citizens of the Kingdom of God. We live in this tension every day. We live in this world but we also understand that this world is not all there is.

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