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CHRISTIAN LIVING MOVES from what God has freely done for us in Christ to what we should freely do for others.

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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Christ
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