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Why Our God Ideas Matter
Featured May 19, 2016
God does not want you to enjoy yourself and be happy. God is not trustworthy. God is holding out on you. God does not want you to be like him, and it isn’t possible anyway.
If these are among your ideas about God, Elane O’Rourke would like to offer you a mental re-set in this grace-filled article.
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