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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.

John Ortberg

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
Author
Psychologist
Theologian
Rockford
Illinois
Grace
True
Home
Never
Repentance
Leads
Despair

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