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May we catch enough of a vision of Christ that we will not be satisfied unless we know him more fully.

John Piper

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John Piper
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 11
Clergyman
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Chattanooga
Tennessee
John Stephen Piper
Catch
Satisfied
Fully
Unless
Vision
Christ
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