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Christianity and Homosexuality Reconciled

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~ by Joseph Adam Pearson, Ph.D.

Christianity and Homosexuality Reconciled is a 184 page downloadable book offered free by the author, Dr. Joseph Pearson. It also comes with a PowerPoint Presentation and as an audio series.

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The PowerPoint Presentation slides for Christianity and Homosexuality Reconciled by Dr. Joseph Adam Pearson are intended to accompany his book by the same name and to facilitate group discussion for those who are reading and studying his book. These PowerPoint slides cannot be altered or modified in any way. Certainly, alternative views relative to his work may be considered during group discussion, but alternative views or changes cannot be embedded in the copyrighted PowerPoint presentation itself.

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