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Welcome to another issue of FAITHteen! This issue is all about respecting the holiness of God's Name. How do you follow the Second Commandment? Click here for past issues.

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spiritual fitness
"I can only imagine" His grace
At the root of the Second Commandment is the understanding that we must absolutely respect God. The group MercyMe, in their song "I Can Only Imagine," sums it up pretty well ... More
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the real word what's up with that reality check

Vulgarity is unfortunately common in schools and popular culture today. But if "everyone's doing it," why should we be concerned?

How can you respond to someone you admire who says something offensive or uses blasphemy in their speech?

You spend all day doing something special for someone else, and they act as if it were nothing. You:
A. don't bother doing anything for them again.
B. continue to do kind things for them
C. start ignoring them when they talk to you
D. ask "What's up?" and make sure everything's OK.