Quotemeal: Aug. 8th, 1954

Sunday, August 8, 1954

"Faith enables persons to be persons because it lets God be God."
— Carter Lindberg

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Illustration of Carter Lindberg — "Faith enables persons to be persons because it lets God be God."

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