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It's just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says.

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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
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