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Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love.

John Stott

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John Stott
Age: 90 †
Born: 1921
Born: April 27
Died: 2011
Died: July 27
Anglican Priest
Author
Missionary
Theologian
Writer
London
England
John Robert Walmsley Stott
Truth
Hard
Love
Softened
Strengthened
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