Quotemeal: May. 23rd, 1957

Thursday, May 23, 1957

"Jesus was God spelling himself out in language humanity could understand."
— S. D. Gordon

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Illustration of S. D. Gordon — "Jesus was God spelling himself out in language humanity could understand."

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