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Two ways of thinking: Human kingdom and human cleverness or God's kingdom and God's cleverness

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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
Two
Human
Humans
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Thinking
Cleverness
Kingdom
Kingdoms
Ways

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