Only in Southern Gospel…
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Daniel J. Mount in
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11 19th, 2008 |
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Only in Southern Gospel could you go up to a 40-something performer after a concert and hear a little old lady say this—and mean it as a compliment:
“This is the best concert I’ve heard since I heard your group back in ‘52. And you weren’t even born yet!”
(The group was the...
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