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Recent content by ACADEMIC

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    Sex: Lustful or Natural?

    After I met the woman who would later become my wife, and we were both certain from God that were were His choice for one another, circumstances made it such that were were geographically separated for 10 months. We met each other as missionaries. During that separation, I certainly imagined...
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    Is the Time coming soon...?

    The only thing certain in reports of things "new" is that they are not really new. "It would be easy to show that at our present rate of progress the kingdoms of this world never could become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ. Indeed, many in the Church are giving up the idea of it...
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    Unity: At What Price? by Keith Green

    My approach to dealing with antimony, say, between passages that would seem to indicate a deterministic versus a free-will emphasis, is to simply go on holding them in some unresolved tension; to say that if we figured out all those fine points of theology we would not as much need God because...
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    Unity: At What Price? by Keith Green

    Unity: At What Price? by Keith Green Today there is much talk among Christians about the need for unity. Wherever Christians gather you can hear someone saying, "If only all the believers could get together and agree, then the world would sit up and take notice! Then the devil would be running...
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    Christian Forums Wikipedia article to be deleted

    Don't post just an opinion. Go to the site especially if you are a Wikipedian and address the matter substantively. I should have worded my initial post a tad differently to say this.
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    After decades of opposition, Vatican view on condoms begins to shift

    John Hooper in Rome Thursday November 23, 2006 The Guardian The Roman Catholic church has taken the first step towards what could be a historic shift away from its total ban on the use of condoms. Pope Benedict XVI's "health minister" is understood to be urging him to accept that in...
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    After decades of opposition, Vatican view on condoms begins to shift

    John Hooper in Rome Thursday November 23, 2006 The Guardian The Roman Catholic church has taken the first step towards what could be a historic shift away from its total ban on the use of condoms. Pope Benedict XVI's "health minister" is understood to be urging him to accept that in...
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    Christian Forums Wikipedia article to be deleted

    There is a push by some questionable folks to get the wikipedia article about Christian Forums deleted. If you would like to voice your opinion about that, please go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Christian_Forums
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    Christian Forums Wikipedia article to be deleted

    There is a push by some questionable folks to get the wikipedia article about Christian Forums deleted. If you would like to voice your opinion about that, please go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Christian_Forums
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    What are the Thanksgiving plans around here?

    I yummy-like what they call tacos in Mexico, what we call burritos. How about using ground turkey in 'em tommorrow, Dan? :D ;) :D But seriously, my family likes ground turkey in tacos.
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    Dollar Coins

    $1 coins do seem more sensible than paper, in my view.
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    Interesting Project.

    I made some CF Quizzes a while back on propaganda and advertising techniques. Ya'll might enjoy them and get some "blessings" besides. Propaganda Techniques Advertising Techniques Part 1 Advertising Techniques Part 2
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    Interesting Project.

    I once talked to a "marketing" major while I was in college. He was in the throws of a final major project before graduation. He had to put together a major advertising campaign for a fictional product or service. I was feeling wry that day and asked him, "So, how do you feel about having...
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    Interesting Project.

    :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Uh-oh, folks. Sounds like Menno's been caught up in the system. Defendin' those advertisers, eh? Tsk-tsk. :prayer: ;) :D
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    Interesting Project.

    We have gone for as much as two years without televion. As for commercials, I have found it equally satisfying to use them to teach my kids exactly how advertizers are making consumerist assumptions from a consumerist worldview about people who they are seeking to manipulate for their own...