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God never excuses sin. And He is always consistent with that ethic. Whenever we start to question whether God really hates sin, we have only to think of the cross, where His Son was tortured, mocked, and beaten because of sin. Our sin

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Francis Chan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 31
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Hong Kong SAR
China
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