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Preserved by Purpose: There's an APP for that! | Dallas Weekly

A few years ago, I had a conversation with a friend about how someone she knew bragged about using an app instead of going to church. Since my friend was an active churchgoer, she could not understand how you could get the same sense of spiritual intimacy with God by using a smartphone.

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