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Many church folk, in their self-conscious attempt to be overtly morally upright, emit all the wrong signals, thus messing with people's perception of the gospel.

Alan Hirsch

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Alan Hirsch
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 24
Author
Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
Conscious
Morally
Wrong
Signals
Church
Folk
Self
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Many
Gospel
Overtly
People
Folks
Emit
Thus
Messing
Perception
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