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Antidepressants: Death By Prescription & Deceit Of “Pharmakeia”

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Antidepressants: Death By Prescription & Deceit Of "Pharmakia", young woman sitting in the dirt, depressed and alone

Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash

By Ann Blake-Tracy

As John received revelation upon revelation sitting exiled upon the Isle of Patmos, he issued a very strong warning for us in our day. He told us that our entire world would be deceived (lied to) through the sorceries (perhaps many) that would come out of Babylon. (Rev. 18:23-24)

He went on to say that the end result of this deception would be the demise of prophets, saints and many good men. In other words no one would be spared in this great deception by these sorceries. Remember that we were told that, if it were possible, even the very elect would be deceived.

So what is this sorcery of which John warns?

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Too Much Skin, Girl. Too Much Skin: A Talk On Modesty by Rick Thomas

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Too Much Skin, Girl. Too Much Skin: A Talk On Modesty by Rick Thomas, three classy girls in modest but trendy summer dresses and sun hats

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By Rick Thomas.

While summer is an appreciated and welcomed relief from the blustery cold of winter, it does bring a different kind of difficulty. The summer months draw attention to our universal struggle with biblical sexuality, and the modesty debates take a prominent role in our conversations.

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The Easter Effect: What Happened To That ‘Gaggle Of Nobodies’ in the First Century A.D.

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‘The Incredulity of St. Thomas’ by Caravaggio. (Source)

By George Weigel

The first Christians were baffled by what they called ‘the Resurrection.’ Their struggle to understand it brought about astonishing success for their faith.

In the year 312, just before his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge won him the undisputed leadership of the Roman Empire, Constantine the Great had a heavenly vision of Christian symbols. That augury led him, a year later, to end all legal sanctions on the public profession of Christianity.

Or so a pious tradition has it.

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Rosaria Champagne Butterfield’s Letter To A Potential Gay Adultress

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Rosaria Champagne Butterfield's Letter To A Potential Gay Adultress, two gay women taking photo

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My dear friend,

I’m grateful that you trusted me with your secret.

Sitting across from me at the kitchen table this afternoon, you poured out your heart. When you married your high school sweetheart at 19, you never once suspected you would be in this place. Now, at 39, after twenty years of marriage, you call yourself gay.
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Seductive Selfies: The New Norm & Why Christian Girls Post Them Too

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Seductive Selfies Are the New Normal: Why Christian Girls Post Them Too, the face of a beautiful young women

Photo by Luke Stackpoole on Unsplash

[Christian girls today need courage to stand for true beauty and not slip into some worldly, counterfeit version of it. I share this post by Kristen Clark at Girl Defined (with her permission) to embolden and inspire young women (and women of all ages) to do just that.]

When I was in high school Bethany and I decided we wanted to do a really cool photo shoot of ourselves.

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