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    Meditations on Gospel Texts

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    "My" Jesus is a collection of twenty-three sermons--that is to say, good news twenty-three times, twenty-three jets of freedom--preached in French Protestant parishes or on the radio. I say "my" Jesus, not out of pride, but with humility. For I know well that this Jesus is not the Jesus of everyone, and moreover, that it is not a question of imposing it on anyone. This Jesus is not the Jesus of ... Read more

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  • Wine and the Wine Trade

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    “ …Whether we drink wine or not, we have everything to gain and nothing to lose by knowing a few elementary truths about it.Where does the Vine grow and where are different wines made ? What kind of a Trade is the English Wine Trade ? What about those wines which we hear and read about so often : Port, Champagne, Claret, Burgundy, Sherry, Hock and Moselle ?These are the questions which I have ... Read more

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