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“ . . . Seldom if ever heard these days has been the story of the early Christians who wore their commitments to chastity, fidelity, and a welcoming attitude to new human life as armor in earlier ages of moral and sexual barbarism. Too rarely has the beauty, dignity, and satisfaction of a Christian marriage been well presented as a powerfully renewing event in the course of human affairs. Sadly, few if any of the legal changes noted above would probably have occurred if the churches in America had been awake, united in their vital consensus on these matters, and strong. . . . ”
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Dereliction of Duty Inside & Outside the Church by Allan C. Carlson
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Who Needs Classical Music? Cultural Choice and Musical Value by Julian Johnson
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Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology by Eugene Peterson
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