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Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. One endlessly works to earn love. The other simply receives it!

Bill Hybels

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Bill Hybels
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: December 12
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Simply
Religion
Done
Spelled
Love
Receives
Endlessly
Earn
Christianity
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