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The first word about you is that you received this life.

Rob Bell

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Rob Bell
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 23
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Ingham County
Michigan
Received
Inspiring
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Firsts
First
Life

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