“The biggest sin is unbelief. God wants us to believe Him. But we rebel against God when we refuse to trust Him.”

— Jack T. Chick

Chick tracts, " And It Was Good! http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1089/1089_01.asp" (2015)

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