Sin and death and suffering and war and poverty are not natural-they are the devastating results of our rebellion against God. We long for a return to Paradise-a perfect world, without the corruption of sin, where God walks with us and talks with us in the cool of the day. (Randy Alcorn)

Sin and death and suffering and war and poverty are not natural-they are the devastating results of our rebellion against God. We long for a return to Paradise-a perfect world, without the corruption of sin, where God walks with us and talks with us in the cool of the day.

Randy Alcorn

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