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It is not scientific doubt, not atheism, not pantheism, not agnosticism, that in our day and in this land is likely to quench the light of the gospel. It is a proud, sensuous, selfish, luxurious, church-going, hollow-hearted prosperity.

Francis Chan

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Francis Chan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 31
Author
Pastor
Theologian
Hong Kong SAR
China
Doubt
Gospel
Church
Selfish
Pantheism
Light
Scientific
Quench
Going
Prosperity
Sensuous
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Agnosticism
Atheism
Luxurious
Proud
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