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Doing things in secret that you are ashamed for others to know is practical atheism. god's knowing doesn't count?
-John Piper
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Doing Things In Secret That You Are

John Piper
Doing things in secret that you are ashamed for others to know is practical atheism. god's knowing doesn't count?
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