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Too often we forget that the great men of faith reached the heights they did only by going through the depths.
Os Guinness
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Os Guinness
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: September 30
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China
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Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting--it has been found wanting, and not tried.
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