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The pursuit of holiness must be anchored in the grace of God otherwise it is doomed to failure

Jerry Bridges

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Jerry Bridges
Age: 86 †
Born: 1929
Born: December 4
Died: 2016
Died: March 6
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Tyler
Texas
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Failure
Grace
Must
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Holiness

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