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New Podcast Posted!

Spectrum Staff | December 6, 2008

Thanks to Julius Nam, we’re proud to relay a recent audio conversation between:

Ryan Bell, Pastor of Hollywood Seventh-day Adventist Church in Los Angeles, and author of Intersections blog.

Lisa Clark Diller, Associate Professor of History at Southern Adventist University

Kumar Dixit, Associate Pastor of New Hope Church in Fulton, Maryland, and author of Wondering About God blog.

Julius Nam, Associate Professor of Religion, Loma Linda University

They discuss the state of the local Adventist church.

Look to the bottom right of the home page or click here.

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