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God loves to show mercy . . . His anger must be released by a stiff safety lock, but His mercy has a hair trigger.
John Piper
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John Piper
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 11
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Non-Fiction Writer
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Chattanooga
Tennessee
John Stephen Piper
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