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• The Meaning of Lent: It’s Not Just About Giving Things up

  

  As Lent begins today, commentators reflect upon the festival's continuing significance. Read more

  The 22 February 2012 by   Periscope
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• Kali Yuga as Explained in Mahabharata (part II)

  

  Hindus believe that human civilization degenerates spiritually during the Kali Yuga, which is referred to as the Dark Age because in it people are as far away a... Read more

  The 13 February 2012 by   Alka Narula
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• 20 Reasons to Avoid Premarital Sex

  

  Premarital (or extra-marital) sex is always a losing proposition! God is clear that His wonderful gift of physical intimacy is to reserved for the boundaries... Read more

  The 13 February 2012 by   Caryschmidt
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• Chemical Ghosts in the Machine

  

  If we think deeply about evolution, we eventually will ask questions not about the origin of species but about the origin of life. For some theistic... Read more

  The 12 February 2012 by   Cris
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• Race, Sexuality & Evangelical Androgyny

  

  Recently, I was accused by the leader of a Christian group of heading up The Gay Posse, an insult that was punishment for my effective defense of someone wrongl... Read more

  The 11 February 2012 by   Pomozone
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• Bible “Ignorance” as Interpretation

  

  As a native Nebraskan, I was a bit surprised to see this headline in the Lincoln newspaper: “Minister’s Lecture to Examine How Ignorance of Scripture Hurts... Read more

  The 05 February 2012 by   Cris
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• Misfires of Moral Psychology

  

  Over the past decade there has been a sea change in the way we assess moral reasoning, judgment, and behavior. The old view, developed and championed largely... Read more

  The 01 February 2012 by   Cris
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• You Schedule is Also Your Example…

  

  If you serve in the ministry, people are watching you and your family. If you don’t want to be watched, then ministry is not the place to be. That said, we are... Read more

  The 30 January 2012 by   Caryschmidt
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• 10 Secrets Of The Vatican Exposed

  

  image credit Vatican City may have fewer than 1,000 citizens and span only 110 acres, but it also has a multimillion-dollar budget and an unbelievably complex... Read more

  The 28 January 2012 by   Gerard
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• Philosopher Alain De Botton Wants to Build a Temple to Atheism. Is He Mad Or...

  

  Should atheists be allowed to have their own temples? Alain de Botton wants to build one. Read more

  The 27 January 2012 by   Periscope
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