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Whenever I read the psalms, I feel like I am eavesdropping on a saint having a personal conversation with God.

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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