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Celebrity seems totally at odds with authentic community and honest, real sorts of relationships.

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Rob Bell
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 23
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Ingham County
Michigan
Real
Celebrity
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At the center of the Christian tradition since the first church have been a number who insist that history is not tragic, hell is not forever, and love, in the end, wins and all will be reconciled to God.
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To elevate abstract doctrines and dogmas over living, breathing, embodied experiences of God's love and grace, then, is going the wrong direction. It's taking flesh and turning it back into words.
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