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Jackie and Bobby Angel: Why We Don't Use Contraception in our Marriage

grew up thinking contraception was normal. Sensible. Smart. Scientific.

The idea of using Natural Family Planning was a running joke among my peers at the Christian university I attended. “you know what they call married couples who don’t use contraception?”…Parents!!” ba dum chh. We couldn’t fathom why any young married couple wouldn’t use contraceptives until they were “ready” to have children.

We had no idea that only one generation prior ours that every Christian church in history of the world had taught that birth control was a immoral

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Christians, Let’s Take Back Halloween and Own It!

he question comes up every year. Should Christians celebrate Halloween?  Over the years, our family, like many of our friends,  has been thoughtful about how to approach the day  without glorifying evil. When I taught Speech, every autumn brought a new batch of  persuasive speeches about Halloween that were as diverse as the colors of fall. Some claimed it had pagan origins. Others claimed it was a  Satanist’s holiday and that participating in any festivities opened the door for demons. Still others claimed that is was just a way to have some fun as long as you didn’t practice anything occultish.

Well, it turns out they were all wrong. The truth is that  Halloween is actually a Christian holiday.

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