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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.

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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
Much
Manageable
Inwardly
Outer
Formed
Issues
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