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O, God of wonder, enlarge my capacity to be amazed at what is amazing, and end my attraction to the insignificant.

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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