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Christianity is not some ideal toward which we ought always to strive even though the ideal is out of reach. Christianity is not a series of slogans that sum up our beliefs.
Stanley Hauerwas
Stanley Hauerwas
Stanley Hauerwas
Born: Jul 24, 1940

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