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We have to train ourselves to use words accurately. And there's so much loose Christian talk, for which I've no doubt been as guilty as any.

N. T. Wright

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