Getting Over Your Moral Superiority
By Daniel Emery Price
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Getting Over Your Moral Superiority

The Pharisee valued fasting and giving tithes, but could not find value in his fellow sinner.
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The Original Sin of Preaching: The Constant Craving for a Useful God in Pulpit and Pew

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