The promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to t…

Philip Yancey
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The promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit, and then the haunting realization that these pleasures ultimately do not satisfy. ✨ Philip Yancey (2001). The Bible Jesus Read, p.159, Zondervan
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