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I do not elevate the time or mode of baptism to a primary doctrine.

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
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Primaries
Primary
Doctrine
Time
Elevate
Baptism

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