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All too often the church holds up a mirror reflecting back the society around it, rather than a window revealing a different way.

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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
Author
Journalist
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Atlanta
Georgia
Often
Revealing
Around
Holds
Back
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Different
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Window
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Society
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