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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty rather, it is tenacious obedience.

John Ortberg

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
Author
Psychologist
Theologian
Rockford
Illinois
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Obedience
Certainty
Darkness
Doubt
Suffering
Rather
Tenacious
Free
Transformed
Faith
Allows

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