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Philip Yancey, In His Book, The Jesus I Never ... PRO
Contributed by David Green on Dec 19, 2004 (message contributor)
Philip Yancey, in his book, The Jesus I Never Knew, says, “.....it seems that God arranged the most humiliating circumstances possible for his entrance, as if to avoid any charge of favoritism. I am impressed that when the...
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