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To see sin without grace is despair. To see grace without sin is arrogance. To see them in tandem is conversion.

Max Lucado

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Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
Author
Theologian
Writer
San Angelo
Texas
Arrogance
Despair
Sin
Grace
Without
Tandem
Conversion

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