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Preaching on Sunday mornings is such a simple thing, and by complicating it, I think we all do ourselves and the audience a disservice. It is very simple. Here is the model: Make people feel like they need an answer to a question.

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