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The church becomes irrelevant when it becomes purely a human creation. We are not all we were made to be when everything in our lives and churches can be explained apart from the work and presence of the Spirit of God.

Francis Chan

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Francis Chan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 31
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We should be so joyful from God's grace that others would respond by saying, 'I wish I had your God.
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