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When we suffer, there will sometimes be mystery. Will there also be faith? Yes, if our attention is focused more on the cross, and on the God of the cross, than on the suffering itself.
D. A. Carson
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D. A. Carson
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 21
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