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When I don't think biblically, I go nuts. I just go, 'This is crazy.'

Francis Chan

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Francis Chan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 31
Author
Pastor
Theologian
Hong Kong SAR
China
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Biblically
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Nuts
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