"Christmas is God lighting a candle; and you……" — N. T. Wright
"Christmas is God lighting a candle; and you don't light a candle in a room that's already full of sunlight. You light a candle in a room that's so murky that the candle, when lit, reveals just how bad things really are."
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121 Quotes by N. T. Wright
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