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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don't know about him, but because of what we do know about him.

John Ortberg

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
Author
Psychologist
Theologian
Rockford
Illinois
Mysterious
Jesus

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