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The moment we think we deserve mercy a little alarm bell should go off in our head because we are not talking about mercy anymore but justice.

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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