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To see Him and know Him and be in His presence is the soul’s final feast. Beyond this there is no quest. Words fail. We call it pleasure, joy, delight. But these are weak pointers to the unspeakable experience.

John Piper

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John Piper
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 11
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Chattanooga
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