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You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.

Alan Hirsch

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Alan Hirsch
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 24
Author
Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
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Christendom
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