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All of us have inflated views of ourselves, especially in self-righteousn ess, until we have visited a place called Calvary. It is there, at the foot of the cross, that we shrink to our true size.
John Stott
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John Stott
Age: 90 †
Born: 1921
Born: April 27
Died: 2011
Died: July 27
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John Robert Walmsley Stott
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