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You can be straight as a gun barrel theologically, and as empty as one spiritually.

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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
Theologically
Barrel
Barrels
Spiritually
Gun
Straight
Empty

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