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<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>I mentioned previously that, challenged with coming up with a list of the core beliefs of my church, the members basically only agreed on one word:\u00a0<em>grace<\/em>. And so I am grateful to <a href=\"http:\/\/danutm.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/06\/u2-grace\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">D\u0103nu\u0163 M\u0103n\u0103stireanu<\/a>\u00a0for drawing my attention to the fact that U2 have a song with the title \u201cGrace,\u201d which I\u2019ve shared above.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned previously that, challenged with coming up with a list of the core beliefs of my church, the members basically only agreed on one word:\u00a0grace. 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