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Strong affections for God, rooted in and shaped by the truth of Scripture - this is the bone and marrow of Biblical worship.

John Piper

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John Piper
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 11
Clergyman
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Chattanooga
Tennessee
John Stephen Piper
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