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Dead men do not cooperate with grace. Unless regeneration takes place first, there is no possibility of faith.

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R. C. Sproul
Age: 78 †
Born: 1939
Born: February 13
Died: 2017
Died: December 14
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Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Theologian
University Teacher
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Faith
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Firsts
Regeneration
First
Possibility
Men
Unless
Dead
Grace
Takes

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