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The most obscene symbol in human history is the Cross yet in its ugliness it remains the most eloquent testimony to human dignity.

R. C. Sproul

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R. C. Sproul
Age: 78 †
Born: 1939
Born: February 13
Died: 2017
Died: December 14
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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