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Azusa Pacific Reverses Approval for Gay Student Couples | [View online]( [Give Now]( Advertisement [Christianity Today Connection]( [Home]( [Our Latest]( [Subscribe]( Wednesday, October 3, 2018 [Mr. Rogers Had a Dangerous Side]( [Mr. Rogers Had a Dangerous Side]( Underneath the gentle smile and neighborly manner, he was driven by anger at the way the world treated children. D. L. Mayfield Fred Rogers—perhaps you know him by the title “Mister”—is a cultural icon, a walking meme, a man forever frozen in sweaters and white sneakers, a gentle smile on his face. You can paint him in a variety of hues: as a saint, as a genius, as otherworldly, as too soft and sentimental. Quite possibly he was none of these things, but something infinitely more valuable and complex: a human being, made in the image of God, who had a near crystal-clear view of his vocation. What makes ... 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