Free Stuff Fridays (Zondervan Academic)

Apr 13, 2018

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This week’s Free Stuff Fridays is sponsored by Zondervan Academic, who also sponsored the blog this week.

They are giving away five free subscriptions to K. Scott Oliphint’s new online course, Know Why You Believe. Take a look at the preview video from Dr. Oliphint:

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