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If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.

Oswald Chambers

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
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Theologian
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Aiberdeen
Knowledge
Hinder
Reality
Substitute
Substitutes
Power
Preaching
Way
Gospel
People
Salvation
Confidence
Getting

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