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With no fact as a referent, what is normative is purely a matter of preference.

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Ravi Zacharias
Age: 74 †
Born: 1946
Born: March 26
Died: 2020
Died: May 19
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The older we become, the more difficult it is to fill our hearts with wonder. Only God is big enough to keep filling us with wonder.
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