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

Rob Bell

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Rob Bell
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 23
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Ingham County
Michigan
Community
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