Volume 48, Number 1
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Our task is neither to shield nature from humanity nor to tame all wilderness.
A Christianity Today Editorial
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One person's improvement is another person's degeneration.
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Unlike gnosis, the gospel is not for the few, the proud, the knowledgeable.
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