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Though sin often brings immediate pleasure, it gives no lasting joy.
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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Non-Fiction Writer
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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