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Beware of making a fetish of consistency to your convictions instead of being devoted to God.

Oswald Chambers

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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
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Fetish
Convictions
Beware
Consistency
Devoted
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