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If you remove enjoyment of God from faith in God, it ceases to be faith.

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
Faith
Ceases
Remove
Enjoyment
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