Wrap-up: James series, toilet repair, and coming attractions
Closing housekeeping: thanks to the Andersons (jessaanderson.com, performance clips coming to YouTube), an upcoming sermon series on the book of James, a host's story about sticking his head in a leaking toilet tank to find the leak, and previews: John Acuff later in January, musician Zach Zabota on the 17th, Matt Cassidy next week, and the every-other-week 'non-biblical signs of the apocalypse' segment with listener submissions.
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