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We have no right to come before God at all, apart from the finished work of Christ.

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
Apart
Finished
Christ
Come
Right
Work

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