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    Post-deconstruction PCA Pastor, author (“The Light in Our Eyes”, Penguin/Random House 2025), culture vulture. Studied creative writing at Oxford University, M.Div from Gordon Conwell. Published @ Christianity Today, Mere Orthodoxy, Gospel Coalition.

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