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If we love God's fame and are committed to magnifying His name above all things, we cannot be indifferent to world missions.

John Piper

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John Piper
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 11
Clergyman
Non-Fiction Writer
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Chattanooga
Tennessee
John Stephen Piper
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