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Missions is the overflow of our delight in God because missions is the overflow of God's delight in being God.

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
Missions
Delight
Overflow
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Missionary

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