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The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, Me too.

Rob Bell

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Rob Bell
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 23
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Ingham County
Michigan
Blood
Saying
Jesus
Cross
Crosses
Flesh
Taking

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