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The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.

Dallas Willard

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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
Humans
Ecology
Kingdom
Kingdoms
True
Soul
Human

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