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Too often we are Christians by assumption, manipulation or instruction, rather than Christians by regeneration.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

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Aiden Wilson Tozer
Age: 66 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 21
Died: 1963
Died: May 12
Author
Clergyman
Theologian
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Pennsylvania
United States
Aiden Wilson Tozer
Manipulation
Instruction
Assumption
Christians
Rather
Christian
Often
Regeneration

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