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Truth without love is too hard love without truth is too soft.

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
Soft
Truth
Without
Hard
Love

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