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    Should Christians be OK with the State teaching sex to Kendergarteners?

    An announcement was made last month from the Chicago Public School system that there will now be mandatory sex-ed for K-12. See the announcement here: Chicago Public Schools : Chicago Board of Education to Consider Proposed New Health Education Policy “It is important that we provide students...
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    NC Marriage Amendment and President Obama

    ...(If you live under a rock, NC passed Amendment One, defining marriage as between one man and one woman, and President Obama announced today that he is in favor of legally acknowledging same-sex marriages.) I’m both troubled and provoked to thoughtfulness because of a number of things...
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    Do you consider Oral Contraception to be birth control?

    Since it is theorized that oral contraceptive medication could prevent implantation of a fertilized egg, should christian women be on birth control? Hormonal contraception - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia EDIT: Title should read "Does Oral Contraception cause Abortions?"
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    Is Spagyrics (Plant Alchemy) sinful?

    Spagyrics is the use of alchemy to prepare herbal medicines - is it sinful? What, if any, application of this science would be OK for a Christian to undertake?
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    Pope could be the victim of assassination plot within a year, claims Vatican Cardinal

    Pope could be the victim of assassination plot within a year, claims senior Vatican cardinal A senior Vatican cardinal has sensationally claimed Pope Benedict XVI could be ‘the victim of an assassination plot’ within the next 12 months, it emerged today. Cardinal Paolo Romeo is said to...
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    Resurrection of the Body: A new creation?

    From: Jesus’ Resurrection and Christian Origins* by N.T. Wright "Almost all early Christians known to us believed that their ultimate hope was the resurrection of the body. There is no spectrum such as in Judaism. Some in Corinth denied the future resurrection (1 Corinthians 15.12), but...
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    Is there sufficient archaeological evidence to support the Book of Mormon?

    Is there sufficient archaeological evidence to support the Book of Mormon? If so, what is it? If not, how does the LDS Church explain this discrepancy?
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    Did the 3rd LDS prophet ignore 2 Nephi 26:33?

    JOHN TAYLOR Third Prophet and President of the Mormon Church "....after the flood we are told that the curse that had been pronounced upon Cain was continued through Ham's wife, as he had married a wife of that seed. And why did it pass through the flood? Because it was necessary that...
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    China's New Lucrative Business: Dead Baby Pills

    A South Korean SBS TV documentary team accuses Chinese pharmaceutical companies of selling dead baby pills as stamina boosters. The team reveals that the truth behind the dead baby pill is horrific and disturbing. Chinese hospitals and abortion clinics that...
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    Jude 1:9 & the Jewsish Testament of Moses

    Jude 1:9 says:"But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”..." The footnotes says, "Jude is alluding to the Jewish Testament of Moses (approximately the first...
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    The LDS Book of Abraham - is it real?

    The Book of Abraham, found in the Pearl of Great Price, is considered to be canonical by the LDS Church. Joseph Smith translated this book from Egyptian papyrus, and declared that it was written by Abraham while he was in Egypt - but does history and archaeology agree with this statement? From...
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    PBS Special asks "Did God have a wife?"

    In this excerpt from NOVAs two-hour special, The Bibles Buried Secrets, archeologist William Dever describes evidence that the ancient Israelite God, YHWH, had a female counterpart. To learn more, visit NOVA | The Bible's Buried Secrets | PBS ‪NOVA | NOVA Short | Did God Have a...
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    LDS doctrine on becoming gods

    From Gospel Principles - Chapter 2:"Our Heavenly Father knew we could not progress beyond a certain point unless we left Him for a time. He wanted us to develop the godlike qualities that He has. To do this, we needed to leave our premortal home to be tested and to gain experience. Our...
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    In Iran, pastor awaits decision on execution

    ISTANBUL (BP)--A pastor in Iran found guilty of leaving Islam is awaiting the outcome of a judicial investigation into his spiritual background to see if he will be executed or forced to become a Muslim, according to Christian groups with ties in Iran. Baptist Press - In Iran, pastor awaits...
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    Interesting Abortion Statistics from 2011

    ‪Abortion in the United States‬‏ - YouTube From the Guttmacher Institute 2011 publication of "Facts on Induced Abortions in the United States": Thirty-seven percent of women obtaining abortions identify as Protestant and 28% as Catholic. Women who have never married and...
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    Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity

    ‪Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity‬‏ - YouTube
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    Hebrews 1:1-4 and the Trinity

    I was reading my bible the other day and came across this verse in Hebrews: "Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, 2but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. 3He is...
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    Let's Talk Post-Modernism and the Emergent Church...

    Here R.C. Sproul, Al Mohler, and Ravi Zacharias discuss post-modernism, modernism, liberalism, and the emergent church. Is there any real difference among the four? ‪Let's Talk Post-Modernism and the Emergent Church...‬‏ - YouTube
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    The table of nations, "sons of god", and the 70 Apostles

    There is a narrative that goes all the way from Genesis to Luke involving the assignment of the nations under the "sons of god" (angels) that goes something like this: The point in time when God "Divided up the nations" occurred in Genesis 11 at the Tower of Babel:"Now the whole earth had...
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    Jesus Christ - the middle years?

    Where was Jesus, and what did he do in the years prior to the beginning of his ministry as told in the gospels?