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As long as I am focusing on the faults of others, then I don't have to face my own.

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Tullian Tchividjian
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 13
Pastor
Writer
Jacksonville
Florida
William Graham Tullian Tchividjian
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Faults
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Faces
Others
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