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Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.

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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
Christ
Moving
Interchange
Ideas
Formation
Moves
Images
Total
Toward
Spiritual

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