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You really can't justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.

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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
Attention
Spiritual
Christ
Else
Anything
Whole
Giving
Formation
Really
Justify

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