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I am not a missionary, but I have wanted my life to count for the unreached peoples of the world.

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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Peoples
Count
Wanted
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World
Unreached

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When GOD is our deepest pleasure we display Him as our highest treasure.
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