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As a pastor I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.

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Andy Stanley
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 16
Pastor
Atlanta
Georgia
Heard
Talking
Story
Stories
Every
Kind
Imaginable
Years
Pastor
People
Spent

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