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Our culture highlights all the trouble, all the drama, all the affairs and all the junk. Do not believe for a minute that any of that reflects reality. That does not have to be your future. The handwriting is not written on the wall.

Andy Stanley

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Andy Stanley
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 16
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