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The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said.

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Dallas Willard
Age: 77 †
Born: 1935
Born: September 4
Died: 2013
Died: May 8
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Translator
Buffalo
Missouri
Dallas Albert Willard
Ideas
Come
Apprentice
Isolated
Totally
Learning
Faith
Jesus
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