Its cross-shaped hilt signified his belief that his skill and power in the field were a gift from God.

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He argued that just as the Israelites carried off the gold of the Egyptians and put it to their own use, so Christians could and should use the wisdom of the pagan Greeks as a gift from God.

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Earlier, Dr John described his relationship as a "gift from God", in a statement on the Diocese of Oxford website.

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If you see life as a gift from God, you will probably not make the same choices about the reproduction of life, and its termination, as you would if you saw existence on earth as your own to regulate as far as possible.

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Ms. LOVE: That's a really great feeling for all of us that sing and that we--the gift--'cause I say that our gift is a gift from God, and surely Luther's gift was a gift from God, and he was a very good friend of mine.

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And inspired by a gift from a friend, he'd started writing music to accompany the 1929 wordless graphic novel "God's Man, " told through a series of wood engravings by American artist Lynd Ward.

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