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Pure
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Terra Elan McVoy |
Fifteen-year-old Tabitha and her four best friends all wear purity rings to symbolize their pledge to remain virgins until they marry, but when one admits that she has broken the pledge each girl mus… |
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Unclean
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Richard Beck |
"I desire mercy, not sacrifice." Echoing Hosea, Jesus defends his embrace of the "unclean" in the Gospel of Matthew, seeming to privilege the prophetic call to justice over the Levitical pursuit of p… |
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Purity
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Jackson Pearce |
Sixteen-year-old Shelby finds it difficult to balance her mother's dying request to live a life without restraint with her father's plans for his "little princess," which include attending a traditio… |
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Against purity
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Alexis Shotwell |
The world is in a terrible mess. It is toxic, irradiated, and full of injustice. Aiming to stand aside from the mess can produce a seemingly satisfying self-righteousness in the scant moments we achi… |
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The Princess and the Kiss
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Jennie Bishop |
A loving king and queen present their daughter with a gift from God--her first kiss--to keep or give away. |
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