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I think what we see emerging is essentially new forms of secular orthodoxy forming

and we can really view these modern-day hate speech cases as an equivalent really of the blasphemy cases of old.

Getting your kids counterprogrammed to have their social life, family and community focused,

this is generally what the research suggests is useful for successful transmission of values across generations.

The Lord does not set us to look for escape from trouble.

He sends his church right into the midst of trouble. He says, in this world, you will have tribulation.

We're not taught to look for an escape from trouble, but to confess Christ and let come what may.

Lord, thank you that I belong to a We. I am baptized into your church so that even if I feel alone,

I can pray the first word of the prayer Jesus gives me and know that I'm not alone.

I belong to your church, Lord.

This is Will from Michigan and I'm a Lutheran High School teacher and football coach

and I love beginning my day, listening to issues, etc.

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I am a country music fan and one of the reasons I like it is because country music in a very quaint and often unrealistic way

describes the America, well not the America that I live in a little bit,

but the America I think a lot of people would like to live in.

Well, the America we do live in is in the midst of decades-long culture wars

and so it's no surprise to read the headline in Rolling Stone.

The culture wars are tearing the closer-knit country music community apart.

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