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Swords don't glorify the creator-God. Love does. Self-giving love, best of all.

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N. T. Wright
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: November 1
Anglican Priest
Bishop Of Durham
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Morpeth
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Nicholas Thomas Wright
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