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“'Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.'”

Matthew 18:5-6

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What Faith Can Do It Is Well Kutless Genre: Christian & Gospel Price: $1.29 Release Date: October 20, 2009 © (C) 2009 BEC Recordings. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by EMI Christian Music Group,

Better Than a Hallelujah Better Than a Hallelujah - Single Amy Grant Genre: Christian & Gospel Price: $1.29 Release Date: March 16, 2010 © (C) 2010 Amy Grant Productions under exclusive license to Sparrow Records. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by EMI Christian Music Group,

City On Our Knees Tonight (Deluxe Edition) tobyMac Genre: Christian & Gospel Price: $1.29 Release Date: February 09, 2010 © (C) 2010 ForeFront Records. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by EMI Christian Music Group,

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NPR: Is This Your Brain on God?

By Narthex
Published: May 25, 2009

"More than half of adult Americans report they have had a spiritual experience that changed their lives," writes Barbara Bradley Haggarty for National Public Radio. "Now, scientists from universities like Harvard, Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins are using new technologies to analyze the brains of people who claim they have touched the spiritual -- from Christians who speak in tongues to Buddhist monks to people who claim to have had near-death experiences. Hear what they have discovered in this controversial field, as the science of spirituality continues to evolve."

This five-part series on spiritual experience and the brain can be found here: http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2009/brain/ .

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