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    <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The No Kings movement sweeping across America, and apparently in other countries, is doomed to fail, and for a reason none of the protesters would imagine.</p><p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/@ERualPotter'>YouTube channel </a>  </p>]]></content:encoded>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Recent moral failures of Christian leaders are mirrored in the message of a TV commercial that is in direct opposition to an article for pastors in Christianity Today.  YouTube channel    ]]></itunes:summary>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>Recent moral failures of Christian leaders are mirrored in the message of a TV commercial that is in direct opposition to an article for pastors in Christianity Today. </p><p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/@ERualPotter'>YouTube channel </a>  </p>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[<p>How did Moses know 3000 years ago, what scientists are only discovering now?</p><p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/@ERualPotter'>YouTube channel </a>  </p>]]></description>
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