Everything belongs to God – not just the ‘Christian’ bits
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Veronica Zundel2026-07-31T08:01:00
Veronica Zundel says it’s time to ditch the sacred vs secular divide
I didn’t expect to hear this particular expression at an online study group, and yet there it was: one of the members uttered that peculiar phrase, ‘Christian things’, and minutes later, another participant repeated it. What exactly, I wondered, are ‘Christian things’? Olive wood crosses? A rosary? An Orthodox icon? A pencil with a Bible verse on it?
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