Naked need is the occasion for God's giving, not a need adorned with the clean, elegant robes of respectability and good works. (Miroslav Volf)

Naked need is the occasion for God's giving, not a need adorned with the clean, elegant robes of respectability and good works.

Miroslav Volf

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