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The death of Jesus Christ is the propitiation for our sins. ‘Propitiation’ is a difficult word and isn’t in everyday use. A minister tells the story of going home with a member of his congregation who had under one arm a gift-wrapped box and in his other hand a bunch of flowers. Both of those things looked out of place with his character, so the minister asked: ‘What is all this about, the flowers and the gift-wrapped box?’ The man replied, perhaps rather grimly, ‘They are to propitiate the wife!’ That was a good definition in the circumstances! Perhaps something which all husbands have had to do!

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