He understood grace to mean God's unmerited favor to lost souls.

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You know, God no, I mean even Republicans, many Republicans can't stand him.

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But reflecting on these possibilities lets us appreciate in a deeper way what God's redemption actually does mean for us.

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The next day, Koch stressed that it did not necessarily mean he was endorsed by God.

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I'm really so thankful to God that he brought me here, I mean I've been through enough so I just kind of want to forget.

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Oh, and as far as making planets is concerned, God may not play dice, but He is a mean hand at snooker.

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However, this does not mean abandoning the Church, but rather, if God has requested this of me, it is so that I can continue to serve the Church with the same dedication and the same love with which I have done up until now, but in a way adapted to my age and my strength.

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"If by that they mean we shouldn't try to claim a direct line to God for one particular political party, they could not be more right, " the PM said.

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"People have said many times 'God is love, ' and I feel like an extension of that is love to mean spiritual love, physical love, mental love, the act of creation, " James said.

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