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Please check your entries and try again.\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\tOur Philosophy and Practice\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/books-2568151_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"books-2568151_1920\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" title=\"books-2568151_1920\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/>\n\t<p>As Christians, we are called not to retreat from the world, but to be salt and light <i>in<\/i> the world, and raise up our children to be the same.\u00a0 This means interacting with our culture, praising the good and admonishing the bad.\u00a0 It means finding hope within ourselves and within others, and explaining that hope with gentleness and respect (I Peter 3:15).\u00a0 It means walking with Jesus along the library shelves, into the schools, over the Internet. 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