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Oct 2017
26m 40s

God Cares About Your Story: John Eldredg...

Jesus Calling
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Wild at Heart author John Eldredge is a counselor and teacher who is devoted to helping people through their recovery process. He shares how he himself “cried out to God,” as a young man, looking for hope wherever he could find it. This lifelong sear 
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