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What makes a Christian a Christian is not perfection but forgiveness.

Max Lucado

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Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
Author
Theologian
Writer
San Angelo
Texas
Perfection
Christian
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Forgiveness

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