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We're rediscovering Christianity as an Eastern religion, as a way of life.

Rob Bell

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Rob Bell
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 23
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Ingham County
Michigan
Religion
Way
Life
Rediscovering
Eastern
Christianity

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