Late Spring, Early Summer

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“It was a glorious morning, late spring or early summer, as you care to take it, when the dainty sheen of grass and leaf is blushing to a deeper green; and the year seems like a fair young maid, trembling with strange, wakening pulses on the brink of womanhood.” Jerome K. Jerome, “Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)”  Ch. 6 (1889)

Here is an awesome online Bible teaching resource!

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Dr. William "Bill" Larkin, professor of Greek and New Testament in the Seminary and School of Missions at Columbia International University, teaches a class at First Presbyterian Church, Columbia (MP3s and some outlines).


1) Here is an extensive list of audio lessons taught by Dr. Larkin.


2) Spring 2008 - The Doctrine of Scripture (new lessons added as they are recorded).

He really wants to you listen.

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