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Which are wheat and which are tares?

Posted on July 11, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 5 Comments

Wheat and Tares

My experience is that sometimes there are people who have come to faith in such a gradual way, that it may be difficult to distinguish wheat from tares. What if the delay is not to only protect the wheat but to allow the harvesters to more accurately identify the tares.

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