If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home. (Vance Havner)

If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.

Vance Havner

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