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Persecution is simply the clash between two irreconcilable value-systems.

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
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Two
Irreconcilable
Clash
Persecution
Systems

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