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Stand still... and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the blast.

Charles R. Swindoll

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Charles R. Swindoll
Age: 89
Born: 1934
Born: October 18
Clergyman
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El Campo
Texas
Charles Rozell Swindoll
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