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The gospel is not a way to get people to heaven it is a way to get people to God.

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
Gospel
Heaven
Way
People

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