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\u201cConscious of the conflict between his desire to be good and his inability to obey his father\u2019s advice to bank on his own strength, Richard came to the Christian faith sometime in his senior year. \u2026His life began to change very quickly. He said even his parents noticed that, while Richard had been something of a wild teenager before going to college, he now seemed compliant and polite.\u201d<\/strong>
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\u2014Jesus in Beijing<\/em><\/p>\n

Not an effect conversion had on me, I\u2019m afraid.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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