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The relation of redemption and sanctification would be the ongoing relationship between the driver and God who is directing her. Now, if God isn't directing him, he may go wild and do all sorts of things criminal and crazy.

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Dallas Willard
Age: 77 †
Born: 1935
Born: September 4
Died: 2013
Died: May 8
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
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Buffalo
Missouri
Dallas Albert Willard
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