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Chris Martin
Mar 01, 2021
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We all have a knob on our hearts. Not literally, obviously, but figuratively. I imagine this knob on our hearts like a volume adjuster on an old radio or a speed adjuster for a ceiling fan. This knob on our hearts has a default setting—a setting on which it begins and to which it will revert if it is not intentionally turned to a different setting. As a…

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