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It is a life of FAITH, not of intellect and reason, but a life of knowing Who makes us “go.

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
Author
Theologian
Writer
Aiberdeen
Intellect
Knowing
Faith
Makes
Reason
Life

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