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I believe God gives people the right to say no, to resist, to refuse, to reject, to cling to their sins, to cling to their version of their story.

Rob Bell

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Rob Bell
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 23
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Ingham County
Michigan
Cling
Sin
Reject
Gives
Resist
Story
Rejects
Stories
Version
Right
Sins
Giving
Versions
Believe
People
Refuse

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