I like Thurman and read his blog regularly. One thing I would never associate with his blog is the art of the word. However, he tries to school us in some Jesus love and comes up with this wonderful line: “We should entice people to know God, not tell them to get used to it. We should be the signposts to greater faith, not the gatekeepers to greater exclusivity.” I think we should use if for our next PFBC.
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