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are<00:11:35.019><c> we</c><00:11:35.179><c> going</c><00:11:35.279><c> to</c><00:11:35.440><c> deal</c><00:11:35.580><c> with</c><00:11:35.779><c> these</c>

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changes?<00:11:38.059><c> It</c><00:11:38.580><c> would</c><00:11:38.700><c> seem</c><00:11:38.860><c> to</c><00:11:39.039><c> me</c><00:11:39.580><c> that</c><00:11:39.980><c> as</c><00:11:40.320><c> these</c><00:11:40.620><c> changes</c><00:11:40.940><c> have</c><00:11:41.220><c> come</c><00:11:41.360><c> to</c>

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pass,<00:11:41.980><c> the</c><00:11:42.120><c> Christadelphian</c>

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community<00:11:43.080><c> has</c><00:11:43.340><c> become</c><00:11:43.600><c> less</c><00:11:43.960><c> dynamic.</c><00:11:46.379><c> The</c><00:11:46.539><c> Christadelphian</c><00:11:47.139><c> community</c><00:11:47.600><c> in</c>

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become<00:11:58.419><c> much</c><00:11:58.799><c> more</c><00:11:59.179><c> tolerant</c>

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and<00:12:01.419><c> I</c><00:12:01.500><c> think</c><00:12:01.639><c> there's</c><00:12:01.879><c> a</c><00:12:01.980><c> lot</c><00:12:02.080><c> of</c><00:12:02.240><c> people</c><00:12:02.440><c> here</c><00:12:02.740><c> who</c><00:12:02.879><c> would</c><00:12:03.039><c> look</c><00:12:03.259><c> over</c><00:12:03.919><c> the</c><00:12:04.820><c> last</c><00:12:05.240><c> couple</c><00:12:05.500><c> of</c>

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decades<00:12:06.179><c> when</c><00:12:06.440><c> all</c><00:12:06.679><c> these</c>

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changes<00:12:07.320><c> have</c><00:12:07.519><c> been</c><00:12:07.779><c> transpiring</c><00:12:08.539><c> and</c><00:12:08.700><c> have</c><00:12:08.860><c> coming</c><00:12:09.220><c> and</c><00:12:10.460><c> would</c><00:12:10.600><c> agree</c><00:12:10.779><c> with</c><00:12:11.000><c> me</c>

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that<00:12:11.279><c> these</c><00:12:11.559><c> are</c><00:12:11.960><c> the</c><00:12:12.279><c> trends</c><00:12:12.559><c> that</c>

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we<00:12:13.059><c> see</c><00:12:13.360><c> and</c><00:12:14.059><c> they're</c><00:12:14.200><c> not</c><00:12:14.299><c> very</c><00:12:14.600><c> good</c><00:12:14.840><c> trends.</c><00:12:16.100><c> If</c><00:12:16.279><c> we</c><00:12:16.399><c> were</c>

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work,<00:12:19.320><c> we</c><00:12:19.460><c> would</c><00:12:19.700><c> see</c><00:12:19.980><c> red</c><00:12:20.299><c> flags</c><00:12:20.679><c> associated</c><00:12:21.220><c> with</c><00:12:21.480><c> them,</c><00:12:21.919><c> danger</c><00:12:22.419><c> ahead.</c><00:12:23.320><c> We've</c><00:12:23.779><c> got</c><00:12:23.840><c> to</c>

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look<00:12:24.200><c> closer</c><00:12:24.559><c> at</c><00:12:24.860><c> these</c>

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things<00:12:25.580><c> because</c><00:12:26.419><c> it</c><00:12:26.679><c> could</c><00:12:26.960><c> spell</c><00:12:27.240><c> out</c><00:12:27.840><c> a</c><00:12:28.159><c> major</c><00:12:28.620><c> shift</c><00:12:29.100><c> and</c>

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stand<00:12:37.779><c> for</c><00:12:38.120><c> and</c><00:12:38.320><c> we</c><00:12:38.539><c> maintain</c><00:12:38.960><c> in</c><00:12:39.139><c> our</c><00:12:39.320><c> home,</c>

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but<00:12:40.059><c> what's</c><00:12:40.320><c> our</c><00:12:40.539><c> community</c><00:12:41.059><c> standard?</c><00:12:42.519><c> What</c><00:12:42.779><c> standards</c><00:12:43.259><c> do</c>

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we<00:12:43.700><c> have</c><00:12:43.840><c> as</c><00:12:44.059><c> a</c><00:12:44.360><c> group?</c>

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you'll<00:12:51.279><c> find</c><00:12:51.500><c> those</c><00:12:52.259><c> standards</c><00:12:52.879><c> are</c><00:12:54.100><c> pretty</c><00:12:54.379><c> wide.</c>

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and<00:13:04.399><c> I'm</c><00:13:04.600><c> sure</c><00:13:04.779><c> this</c><00:13:05.039><c> has</c><00:13:05.279><c> been</c><00:13:05.580><c> a</c><00:13:06.639><c> concern</c><00:13:07.179><c> of</c><00:13:07.399><c> many</c><00:13:07.679><c> of</c><00:13:07.840><c> the</c>

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people<00:13:08.279><c> who</c><00:13:08.519><c> can</c><00:13:08.779><c> remember</c><00:13:09.720><c> how</c><00:13:10.240><c> Christadelphians</c>

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lose<00:13:23.159><c> any</c><00:13:23.480><c> battle</c><00:13:23.759><c> by</c><00:13:24.039><c> default</c>

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default.<00:13:30.059><c> We</c><00:13:30.220><c> don't</c><00:13:30.500><c> show</c>

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calling<00:14:14.879><c> each</c><00:14:15.200><c> other</c><00:14:15.419><c> brother</c><00:14:15.679><c> and</c><00:14:15.940><c> sister</c><00:14:16.320><c> is</c><00:14:16.840><c> going</c><00:14:17.059><c> to</c><00:14:17.220><c> get</c>

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not<00:14:31.340><c> unique</c><00:14:31.639><c> to</c><00:14:31.840><c> the</c><00:14:32.019><c> Bible.</c><00:14:34.879><c> It's</c>

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ever<00:14:35.899><c> applicable</c><00:14:36.740><c> to</c><00:14:37.100><c> the</c><00:14:37.299><c> age</c><00:14:37.639><c> in</c><00:14:37.779><c> which</c><00:14:38.000><c> we</c><00:14:38.279><c> live.</c><00:14:40.320><c> Proverbs</c>

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There<00:14:45.919><c> is</c><00:14:46.220><c> a</c><00:14:46.399><c> way</c><00:14:46.980><c> which</c><00:14:47.600><c> seemeth</c><00:14:48.139><c> right</c><00:14:48.679><c> unto</c><00:14:49.039><c> a</c><00:14:49.279><c> man,</c><00:14:50.460><c> but</c><00:14:50.620><c> the</c><00:14:51.019><c> end</c><00:14:51.240><c> thereof</c><00:14:51.919><c> are</c><00:14:52.720><c> the</c><00:14:52.820><c> ways</c><00:14:53.019><c> of</c><00:14:53.240><c> death.</c>

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Now,<00:14:56.019><c> brothers</c><00:14:56.139><c> and</c><00:14:56.419><c> sisters,</c><00:14:56.980><c> take</c><00:14:57.360><c> it</c><00:14:57.659><c> to</c><00:14:57.980><c> heart.</c>

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thereof<00:15:05.059><c> are</c><00:15:05.220><c> the</c><00:15:05.320><c> ways</c><00:15:05.500><c> of</c><00:15:05.779><c> death.</c>

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nuclear<00:15:18.500><c> weapons</c><00:15:18.879><c> in</c><00:15:19.059><c> the</c><00:15:19.240><c> atmosphere.</c><00:15:21.039><c> That</c><00:15:21.240><c> was</c><00:15:21.480><c> man's</c><00:15:22.080><c> first</c><00:15:22.440><c> impression</c><00:15:23.179><c> with</c><00:15:23.759><c> the</c>

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reversed.<00:15:31.360><c> They</c><00:15:31.500><c> had</c><00:15:31.879><c> seen</c><00:15:32.240><c> in</c><00:15:32.559><c> ways</c><00:15:32.820><c> they</c><00:15:33.139><c> could</c><00:15:33.539><c> not</c><00:15:33.879><c> have</c>

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envisaged<00:15:34.840><c> at</c><00:15:35.200><c> first</c><00:15:35.940><c> that</c><00:15:36.860><c> radioactivity</c><00:15:37.679><c> was</c>

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well<00:15:43.480><c> as</c><00:15:43.639><c> animals</c><00:15:44.200><c> were</c><00:15:44.679><c> carrying</c><00:15:45.059><c> much</c>

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higher<00:15:45.860><c> levels</c><00:15:46.179><c> of</c><00:15:46.419><c> radioactivity</c><00:15:47.320><c> because</c><00:15:48.120><c> of</c><00:15:48.399><c> the</c><00:15:48.720><c> testing</c>

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The<00:15:51.840><c> ways</c><00:15:52.240><c> of</c><00:15:52.559><c> man</c><00:15:52.879><c> appear</c><00:15:53.580><c> to</c><00:15:53.840><c> be</c><00:15:54.120><c> right,</c><00:15:55.320><c> but</c><00:15:55.559><c> the</c><00:15:56.000><c> end</c><00:15:56.259><c> thereof</c><00:15:56.740><c> are</c>

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sisters,<00:16:03.039><c> if</c><00:16:03.220><c> it's</c><00:16:03.480><c> not</c><00:16:03.840><c> well</c><00:16:04.120><c> investigated,</c>

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could<00:16:05.759><c> be</c><00:16:06.039><c> the</c><00:16:06.320><c> death</c><00:16:06.500><c> of</c><00:16:06.720><c> our</c><00:16:06.919><c> community</c><00:16:07.440><c> if</c><00:16:08.679><c> we</c><00:16:08.940><c> haven't</c><00:16:09.100><c> looked</c><00:16:09.379><c> at</c>

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it<00:16:10.120><c> with</c><00:16:10.580><c> care</c><00:16:11.000><c> and</c><00:16:11.379><c> consideration.</c>

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Look<00:16:21.240><c> at</c><00:16:21.419><c> how</c><00:16:21.519><c> many</c><00:16:21.799><c> years</c><00:16:22.179><c> people</c><00:16:22.559><c> used</c><00:16:22.860><c> saccharin</c><00:16:23.860><c> only</c><00:16:24.240><c> to</c>

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discover<00:16:24.860><c> now</c><00:16:25.179><c> that</c><00:16:25.419><c> the</c><00:16:25.799><c> health</c><00:16:26.200><c> authorities</c>

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seem<00:16:26.940><c> to</c><00:16:27.100><c> think</c><00:16:27.220><c> there's</c><00:16:27.539><c> something</c><00:16:27.759><c> wrong</c><00:16:28.059><c> with</c><00:16:28.220><c> the</c><00:16:28.360><c> use</c><00:16:28.500><c> of</c>

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saccharin.<00:16:30.159><c> We</c><00:16:30.220><c> look</c><00:16:30.379><c> at</c><00:16:30.720><c> detergents</c><00:16:31.340><c> of</c><00:16:31.519><c> how</c>

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they<00:16:31.960><c> made</c><00:16:32.200><c> their</c><00:16:32.539><c> impact</c><00:16:33.100><c> upon</c><00:16:33.500><c> the</c><00:16:33.779><c> world.</c><00:16:34.899><c> First</c><00:16:35.080><c> of</c><00:16:35.299><c> all,</c>

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they<00:16:37.539><c> started</c><00:16:37.720><c> to</c><00:16:38.000><c> see</c><00:16:38.200><c> suds</c><00:16:38.600><c> floating</c><00:16:38.840><c> down</c><00:16:39.120><c> the</c><00:16:39.299><c> rivers.</c>

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happening<00:16:43.480><c> when</c><00:16:44.019><c> detergents</c><00:16:44.620><c> were</c><00:16:44.899><c> used</c><00:16:45.240><c> en</c><00:16:45.460><c> masse.</c><00:16:46.620><c> It's</c><00:16:46.879><c> all</c><00:16:47.159><c> around</c><00:16:47.480><c> us</c>

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partakers<00:17:03.379><c> of</c><00:17:04.099><c> much</c><00:17:04.440><c> of</c><00:17:04.640><c> the</c><00:17:04.839><c> experience</c><00:17:05.319><c> of</c><00:17:05.519><c> the</c><00:17:05.680><c> world,</c><00:17:06.400><c> which</c><00:17:06.559><c> is</c>

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the<00:17:07.000><c> bitterness</c><00:17:07.279><c> of</c><00:17:07.559><c> death.</c>

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most<00:17:17.359><c> beautiful</c><00:17:17.880><c> verses</c><00:17:18.420><c> of</c><00:17:18.700><c> the</c><00:17:18.819><c> Bible</c><00:17:19.079><c> because</c><00:17:19.380><c> it's</c><00:17:19.619><c> a</c><00:17:19.839><c> picture</c><00:17:20.140><c> in</c>

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Thy<00:17:31.279><c> word</c><00:17:31.779><c> is</c><00:17:32.160><c> a</c><00:17:32.440><c> lamp</c><00:17:32.980><c> unto</c><00:17:33.680><c> my</c><00:17:34.099><c> feet</c><00:17:34.480><c> and</c><00:17:35.480><c> a</c><00:17:35.700><c> light</c><00:17:36.160><c> unto</c><00:17:36.779><c> my</c><00:17:37.140><c> path.</c>

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choice.<00:17:50.880><c> The</c><00:17:51.140><c> word</c><00:17:51.319><c> of</c><00:17:51.579><c> God</c><00:17:51.839><c> can</c><00:17:52.359><c> help</c><00:17:52.660><c> us,</c>

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must<00:17:54.079><c> help</c><00:17:54.380><c> us</c><00:17:55.000><c> to</c><00:17:55.420><c> make</c><00:17:55.640><c> that</c><00:17:55.960><c> choice.</c><00:17:57.240><c> If</c><00:17:57.460><c> we</c><00:17:57.759><c> choose</c><00:17:58.119><c> the</c><00:17:58.359><c> way</c><00:17:58.559><c> that</c><00:17:58.900><c> seems</c><00:17:59.279><c> right</c><00:17:59.700><c> unto</c><00:17:59.980><c> us</c>

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