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The Runner Who Made God Visible

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In the Weihsien internment camp in occupied China, a Scottish missionary organized games for restless children, tutored teenagers in science, and carried coal for elderly...

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John 14:8-17

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John 14:8-17 — Lutheran (edgy)

John 14:8-17 shatters self-salvation—your best efforts can’t pay what only Christ can forgive—today, not someday.

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John 14:8-17 — Christocentric (classic)

John 14:8-17 points beyond itself to the person and work of Jesus—today, not someday.

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John 14:8-17 — Eastern Orthodox (pastoral)

In John 14:8-17, Christ meets us as Physician, tending wounds we can’t name—today, not someday.

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