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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it's done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.

John Ortberg

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
Author
Psychologist
Theologian
Rockford
Illinois
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Failure
Beyond
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Lives
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Preaching
Humans
Badly
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Merely

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