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December 25, 1998 - Image 100

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1998-12-25

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relationship adultery,
"It took the Southern Baptists 150
biblically speaking?
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Why did Jericho's walls
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takes. It took the Catholic Church
really kill Goliath?
350 years to admit that Galileo had it
Kenneth C. Davis, the best-selling
right — the sun was at the center of
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