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You can be living in a big house, driving a nice car, going on exotic vacations and still be empty inside, crippled with fear and dread.

Rob Bell

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Rob Bell
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 23
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Ingham County
Michigan
Still
Empty
Going
Inside
Vacations
Nice
Crippled
Bigs
Exotic
Living
Vacation
Fear
Dread
House
Driving
Stills
Car

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