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<p>Landon Coleman is pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Odessa. Reach him at landon@immanuelodessa.com or read his blog at <a href="https://regularpastor.com/" target="_blank">Regular Pastor.com</a><a title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://regularpastor.com/" target="_blank"></p><p></a></p>

In 2019, Americans spent over $20 billion on Valentine’s Day. That’s $20 billion with a “B,” and however you break it down, that’s an incredible amount of candy, flowers, jewelry, and stuffed animals. Why do Americans spend this kind of money every February? It’s all spent in the name of “love.”

Posted: January 25
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