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Nowhere in the Hebrew Scriptures does it say that God is omnipotent.

Tony Campolo

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Tony Campolo
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: February 25
Author
Pastor
Sociologist
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University Teacher
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Omnipotent
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