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with contributions from Luck Timothy Johnson, George Gilder

"Fifteen years ago when I taught [First] Corinthians to undergraduates, students would be uncomfortable with Paul's talk of virginity. There would be titters in the classroom, and you'd have to explain why Paul thought virginity was an important option. Today the atmosphere is different. There's a total acceptance of the option of virginity. Whether or not students are virgins themselves, they don't see it as a laughable issue."

Luck Timothy Johnson
Professor of New Testament
Emory University
Quoted in Christian Century July 1–8, 1998

"In technology, economics, and the politics of nations, wealth in the form of physical resources is steadily declining in value and significance. The powers of mind and spirit are everywhere ascendant over the brute force of things. The true capital of the current capitalist economy is not material. It is moral, intellectual, and spiritual. ...

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