The Love That Will Not Let You Go: Being Christian is Not What You Think
by Douglas Heidt Wipf & Stock, Eugene, Ore. 140 pages REVIEWED BY LOUIS WEEKS Retired pastor Doug Heidt says he wrote this..
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