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The Lord didn't make Lehi a mere spectator, watching and learning from afar. Instead, the Lord taught his prophet by taking him out of the bleachers and placing him right in the middle of the action.

John Bytheway

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John Bytheway
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 6
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John Lindley Byrne
John L. Byrne
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