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Radically and basically, all sin is simply ingratitude.

Karl Barth

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Karl Barth
Age: 82 †
Born: 1886
Born: May 10
Died: 1968
Died: December 10
Pastor
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University Teacher
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Radically
Basically
Sin
Simply
Ingratitude

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