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It takes an adult Chinook Salmon 19 to 20 days to swim from Bonneville Dam all the way up to Idaho in average flow. That’s about 280 river miles that the fish are covering in just under 3 weeks. Given that the conditions are optimal, a salmon can cover about 14 river miles per day, but factors such as flow strength, river depth, and possible obstacles along the way will slow their progress dramatically. In most rivers there are plenty of obstacles in the fish’s way and if the river is high and the current extreme, it might only…
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One method that is used to change people's belief is the use of public opinion polls. It's a clever approach because we as humans — for the most part — like to blend in with the rest of society.
Daily we are confronted with "statistics" which are gathered from polls as to whether something is right or wrong. A colorful bar-graph in the corner of a newspaper may inform us that 55 percent of all Americans believe that one's "sexual preference" should not be a factor in determining whether they should be accepted into military; a TV network news…
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Culture Wars
Everritt Heaton
09/03/17 - Christian LivingCultural differences are found on many different levels. There is the culture that each of us grow up in our own homes. Simple things like the kinds of things you enjoy, what time is bed time, do you call it lunch or dinner, is it vacuuming or sweeping? There are cultural differences in where we grow up. Those who live in the city have a different perspective than those who live out in the country. There are cultural differences in where one lives nationwide depending on which state you live in. There are all kinds…
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What is Repentance?
By Stan Cox
I recently had a discussion with a young man with a Baptist background, who was advocating the position that a man is saved at the point of faith. He used typical arguments that I have heard many times before. As we talked I asked him if he thought repentance was necessary for salvation.
In his absolute opposition to the idea God requires any acts of obedience (works), how did he deal with the Bible call to repent? His answer was interesting. He said, "I believe something different than you about repentance. Nowhere…
