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Beware of bartering the Word of God for a more suitable conception of your own.

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
Author
Theologian
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Aiberdeen
Bartering
Suitable
Beware
Conception
Word

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