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$\"Reject$ <\/p>\n

From\u00a0Bill Bramhall in the New York Daily News<\/em><\/a>. It is symptomatic of the transformation of \u201cfaith\u201d into mere assent to propositions, that all kinds of people have said, as part of a baptismal ceremony, that they renounce or reject Satan and all his works. And yet they seem to have given no thought whatsoever to what is involved in actually living in a way that rejects those works that are best described as diabolical, demonic, and devilish in character.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"