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The happiest and holiest children in the world are the children whose fathers succeed in winning both their tender affection and their reverential and loving fear. And they are the children who will come to understand most easily the mystery of the fatherhood of God.

John Piper

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John Piper
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 11
Clergyman
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Chattanooga
Tennessee
John Stephen Piper
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