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Our default faith mode is to trust, above all things, our own ability to create a safe, controllable, predictable world.
Tullian Tchividjian
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Tullian Tchividjian
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 13
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Jacksonville
Florida
William Graham Tullian Tchividjian
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