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We must read the Bible through the eyes of shipwrecked people for whom everything has gone overboard.

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Karl Barth
Age: 82 †
Born: 1886
Born: May 10
Died: 1968
Died: December 10
Pastor
Theologian
University Teacher
Basle
Eyes
Gone
Eye
Read
Everything
Must
Shipwrecked
People
Overboard
Bible

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