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Jim Wallis Writes In The Call To Conversion ... PRO
Contributed by Alan Stokes on Mar 2, 2001 (message contributor)
Jim Wallis writes in The Call to Conversion (HarperCollins, 1992, p. 108) his testimony: "When I was a university student, I was unsuccessfully evangelized by almost every Christian group on campus. My basic response to their preaching was, “How can I believe when I look at the way the church lives?” They answered, “Don’t look at the church, look at Jesus.” I now believe that statement is one of the saddest in the history of the church. ...People...
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I Thought Of A Few Practical Examples Related To ... PRO
Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Dec 17, 2004
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