I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there…

Philip Yancey
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I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else. ✨ Philip Yancey (1997). What's So Amazing about Grace?, p.16, Harper Collins
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I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else. ✨ Philip Yancey (1997). What's So Amazing about Grace?, p.16, Harper Collins

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