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The resurrection gives you a sense of what God wants to do for the whole world.

N. T. Wright

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N. T. Wright
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: November 1
Anglican Priest
Bishop Of Durham
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Priest
Theologian
University Teacher
Morpeth
Northumberland
Nicholas Thomas Wright
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