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There's probably no concept in theology more repugnant to modern America than the idea of divine wrath.

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
Philosopher
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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