Quotemeal: Oct. 30th, 2011

Sunday, October 30, 2011

"The natural response to denials of Satan's existence is to ask, Who then runs his business?"
— J. I. Packer

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Illustration of J. I. Packer — "The natural response to denials of Satan's existence is to ask, Who then runs his business?"

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