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    a joke

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    Study: Hebrews 1

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    An Interactive study: book of hebrews

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    A Controversial Book in the Bible

    you can really look through the whole bible and most of the people were far from perfect. Often the Bible is about a perfect God using imperfect people to bring about his perfect good.
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    struggling with internet inappropriate contentography

    Hi all, lately I have been really struggling with internet inappropriate contentography. I find myself draw time and time again. I have a web blocker, but one day by accident i found a way around it. Now i look at that alot. I feel ashamed nad aweful anytime i do. I think it has become an addiction. I am...
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    a prayer request for a good thing

    Hi, yesterday i just got an excellent job offer , managing a program for autistic adults. It looks like an excellent oportunity. Still, i can use some prayer, this will be uncharted territory for me, while i have been working with autistic children , this will be my first job in a...
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    Cain and Abel

    I have one or two thoughts on this topic. I agree with the above stated this the remission of sin , requires blood, as first started in the Garden of eden, when God provided covering for Adam and Eve. here is another reason, Cain offered what was cursed. Ge. 3:17-19 To Adam he said, “Because...
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    What is your favorite ancient civilization?

    I'm voting for the Picts ..they were an acient people that lived in scotland , prior to the scots coming over form ireland. not much is know about them except they would cover themesleves in tattoos. The emperor hadiran bulit his wall to hold off attacks by the picts. Supposedly they also...
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    In fear and loathing of the 2004 presidential election

    i went into this election very uncertain of who to vote for, ultimately I voted for Bush (not that it really mattered my state went to kerry).... but i still have many misgiving about another four years with bush. the problem is the democrats never really offered me an alternative. In many...
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    Looking into the shadows of the history of Christianity

    yes christians have made many mistakes in the past. I think this has happened for two reasons. 1. when the church becomes part of the state. ( as in the dark ages and middle ages when the papacy became very much a secular governement). 2. when the church has a greater focus on spread and...
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    What do you believe about the rapture?

    I am a post-triber here are some reasons why: 1. Looking at scripture at in a straight forward, and in context, make a post-trib rapture make more sense then a pre-trib. 2. The fellowship of Christ's sufferings. Time and time again we are told by jesus that we will suffer persecution and...
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    Prayer walk across Connecticut

    Hi, I am working on doing a prayer walk across my home state of connecticut. This walk will happen in summer of 2004, but right now I am starting the planing of it. The lord has put it on my heart to make this walk know to others that they might join in. So right now I could really use prayer...
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    ***Are you smart? Tell me about Stalin!***

    "1984" is one of my favorite books. A couple of important facts about Orwell. For a long time he was a socalist. He even fought in the spanish civil war ( he wrote a book about it "farewell to catalonia" , it is excellent). After his experience there as well as be being a BBC announcer , he grew...
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    a wierd sort of dilemia

    Hi, Life has been very good these days. the Lord has really blessed me in many ways. there are still deffinately areas of my life he is still working on, but all in al life is good. The strange thing is i feel this wierd sense of uncomfortablness, with it. I guess most of my life, I have...
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    How to pray....

    i don't think there really is a wrong way to pray. the important things are that God gets the glory and the thanks, and that we are honest with God.