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Our best efforts at changing society will fall short unless the church can teach the world how to love.

Philip Yancey

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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
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We deserve punishment and get forgiveness we deserve God’s wrath and get God’s love.
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