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Faith is not like bottled water but like rain. Its destiny is not just to be kept and held but to make something visible grow.

Peter Kreeft

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Peter Kreeft
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 16
Philosopher
Professor
Theologian
Writer
Paterson
New Jersey
Peter John Kreeft
Destiny
Grow
Grows
Water
Bottled
Faith
Visible
Something
Held
Make
Kept
Like
Rain

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