"This otherworldliness or antiworldliness is actually conformity to the world with a vengeance. And, for professed Christians, it is the most ignominious possible apostasy."
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William Stringfellow
William Stringfellow, born Frank William Stringfellow, (April 26, 1928 ā March 2, 1985) was an American lay theologian, lawyer and social activist.
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