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Grace is free only because the giver himself has borne the cost.

Philip Yancey

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Philip Yancey
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
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Journalist
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Atlanta
Georgia
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Giver
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Grace
Free

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Power can do everything but the most important thing: it cannot control love.
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... the approach of admitting our errors, besides being most true to a gospel of grace, is also most effective at expressing who we are. Propaganda turns people off humbly admitting mistakes disarms.
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