God has committed himself, ever since creation, to working through his creatures--in particular, through his image-bearing human beings--but they have all let Him down. (N.T. Wright)

God has committed himself, ever since creation, to working through his creatures--in particular, through his image-bearing human beings--but they have all let Him down.

N.T. Wright

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