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Scripture is, at its heart, the great story that we sing in order not just to learn it with our heads but to become part of it through and through, the story that in turn becomes part of us.

N. T. Wright

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N. T. Wright
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: November 1
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Nicholas Thomas Wright
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