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If you feel that without a certain person, or position, or achievement, your life would be not worth living, you may be deeper into idolatry than you think.
Colin S. Smith Jonah: Navigating a God-Centered Life
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If you feel that without a certain person, or position, or achievement, your life would be not worth living, you may be deeper into idolatry than you think.
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Jonah: Navigating a God-Centered Life

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