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We will probably have to pay a price for devoting our lives to building the kingdom of God. Jesus did.

Bill Hybels

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Bill Hybels
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 12
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Kalamazoo
Michigan
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Probably
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Lives
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Kingdom
Kingdoms
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