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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
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The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.
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