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Howard Thurman on Life for the Disinherited - Black Church (John 10:10)

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"The thief has stolen much from the disinherited—dignity, opportunity, safety. But Jesus brings life ABUNDANT—not in possessions but in spirit, not in circumstances but in uncrushable hope. Life to the full is possible even when the thief has taken everything else." — Howard Thurman. Black Church: resilient life.

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John 10:10

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