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A reduced Christ is the same as a rejected Christ.

E. Stanley Jones

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E. Stanley Jones
Age: 89 †
Born: 1884
Born: January 3
Died: 1973
Died: January 25
Missionary
Theologian
Baltimore
Maryland
Eli Stanley Jones
Christ
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Rejected

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