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Any conception of a god that is less than sovereign is an idol and no god at all.

R. C. Sproul

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R. C. Sproul
Age: 78 †
Born: 1939
Born: February 13
Died: 2017
Died: December 14
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Theologian
University Teacher
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Idols
Sovereign
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