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I wonder...
by Aaron Blumer in "The majority of parents surveyed favor their adolescents receiving abstinence messages from multiple sources."
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Tweak
by Aaron Blumer in A Few Answers to SharperIron Critics
35 min 18 sec ago
Oh, but I do
by Aaron Blumer in Ethos Statement on Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism
41 min 18 sec ago
Forgiveness with God and us.
by Bob T. in Should Forgiveness be "Unconditional"?
50 min 2 sec ago
Apology................
by RPittman in Ethos Statement on Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism
54 min 53 sec ago
Side-by-side comparison...............
by RPittman in Ethos Statement on Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism
58 min 7 sec ago
JobK wrote: So by buying
by A. Carpenter in Gen. Petraeus: "It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort"
1 hour 23 min ago
Good article. Carefully
by Jonathan Charles in Should Forgiveness be "Unconditional"?
1 hour 32 min ago
Duane Braswell wrote: I can,
by wbarkema in Should Forgiveness be "Unconditional"?
1 hour 50 min ago
Quote: Perhaps, but I don't
by Greg Linscott in Ethos Statement on Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism
2 hours 8 min ago
So then what?
by D.Hazen87 in Should Forgiveness be "Unconditional"?
2 hours 8 min ago
Done now
by Mike Durning in Ethos Statement on Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism
2 hours 38 min ago
RPittman wrote: Chip, what
by Chip Van Emmerik in Ethos Statement on Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism
2 hours 41 min ago
That Is An Ironic Angle
by JobK in Gen. Petraeus: "It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort"
2 hours 50 min ago
Thankful for Good Things
by Charlie in Main Strengtths of IFB?
3 hours 16 min ago
Ephesians 4:32?
by Matt Walker in Should Forgiveness be "Unconditional"?
3 hours 38 min ago
Please take another look.
by Bob T. in Main Strengtths of IFB?
3 hours 46 min ago
Greg Linscott wrote: Don
by Don Johnson in Ethos Statement on Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism
3 hours 51 min ago
Much Ado About Nothing?
by Gary Peterson in Gen. Petraeus: "It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort"
3 hours 55 min ago
It is in the definitions
by Duane Braswell in Should Forgiveness be "Unconditional"?
4 hours 5 min ago
What the church is proposing
by MClark in Gen. Petraeus: "It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort"
4 hours 31 min ago
One last statement on KJVO
by Bob T. in Ethos Statement on Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism
4 hours 31 min ago
And a number of those who had
by Jonathan Charles in Gen. Petraeus: "It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort"
4 hours 44 min ago
Disagree but at least understand...............
by RPittman in Ethos Statement on Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism
4 hours 49 min ago
Of course not......................
by RPittman in Ethos Statement on Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism
5 hours 4 min ago
A Part Of Me Wants This Church To Go Ahead
by JobK in Gen. Petraeus: "It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort"
5 hours 7 min ago
RPittman wrote: I prefer to
by Chip Van Emmerik in Ethos Statement on Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism
5 hours 47 min ago
The McChurch Model for Church Growth
by Gary Peterson in Survey: Multisite Churches Have 90% Success Rate
6 hours 4 min ago
one side...
by ssutter in Should Forgiveness be "Unconditional"?
6 hours 45 min ago
Best Shot...
by Ed Vasicek in Should Forgiveness be "Unconditional"?

Latest Poll

How Do You Understand Psalm 138:2b "you have exalted above all things your name and your word."

God has exalted his word ABOVE his name (KJV)
50% (3 votes)
God has exalted his word according to his name (NASB)
0% (0 votes)
God's name and word are exalted above all else (NIV,ESV,Holman)
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You were true to your word and made yourself more famous (CEV)
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It is so ambiguous we cannot know for sure
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Should SI add young earth creationism to its doctrinal statement? (see details in first comment)

Yes!
49% (20 votes)
No, but something about non-evolutionary creation would be good
20% (8 votes)
Yes, but I don't like the wording of the one you're proposing
0% (0 votes)
No, you can interpret Genesis 1 differently and still be a fundamentalist
32% (13 votes)
Other
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 41

How Crucial is Focus (Concentration) In Worship?

indispensible: Worship Without Our Concentration is a Farse
53% (8 votes)
Extremely important and required as the rule
27% (4 votes)
Important
13% (2 votes)
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0% (0 votes)
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0% (0 votes)
Varies with the person
7% (1 vote)
Other
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 15

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A Few Answers to SharperIron Critics
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Stephen Hawking vs God
by sifilings
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9/7/10 8:46am
by Jim Peet
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"In our online debates, we not only fail to cultivate charity and humility, we come to think of them as vices: forms of weakness that compromise our advocacy."
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