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     The on-line version of Exploring God's Word is a publication of Churchill Ingenuities and is made available to you by the church of Christ in your area.  As editor, I hope you will join us in our goals of studying the Bible objectively for the facts and lessons it provides about God's religion and then using those facts and lessons to improve our own lives.
     If you have suggestions for articles or for improving readability, we want to hear them.  Feel free to write me or the congregations, especially about any biblical questions you might have.  EGW is for you, our readers, and we want to meet your Bible study needs as best we can.
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      Copyright information and terms of use: — effective July 18, 2005 —
      Any viewing of the online version of Exploring God's Word or submission of content implies knowledge, understanding, and agreement with the following facts and conditions.  If you do not agree to these facts and conditions, then you do not have legal permission to use Exploring God's Word.
      Exploring God's Word is the design and product of David G. Churchill, 309 - 3rd Avenue NE, Watertown, SD, 57201, USA.  Its overall purposes are (1) to encourage people to become Christians according the pattern revealed in the New Testament; (2) to strengthen and edify Christians in their knowledge and application of the Bible; (3) to provide local churches of Christ economical opportunities to promote themselves on the internet with local information and a shared library of teaching materials.
      All articles and materials presented with identified authorship are the properties of their providing authors and/or agencies and used here by expressed or pending permission.  Exceptions that may be presented without attempt to gain the author’s permission are:  (1) articles and materials believed to be in the public domain;  (2) commonsensical observations and obvious conclusions based upon generally available information;  (3) materials containing expressed or implied permission for reproduction; and  (4) quotations and references of reasonable length.  Content provided by a subscribing congregation, but without identified authorship, is presented as the property of that congregation until or unless the editor is informed differently.  The presentations of all other articles and materials are the properties of David G. Churchill.  Authors are responsible for their articles being properly accredited and referenced.
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      The content presented by any subscribing congregation through its Exploring God's Word website is solely the responsibility of that congregation.  Providing such content to the editor constitutes both (1) permission to the editor to publish as is, to reasonably edit, and/or to refuse publishing in the congregation’s EGW website, and (2) permission to the editor to include at his discretion in the general library of material shared by all subscribing congregations, in any EGW printed materials, or in any EGW marketing efforts without further financial compensation.
      With the exception of content from subscribing congregations and solicited authors, Exploring God's Word very rarely publishes or remunerates unsolicited articles.  If you submit an unsolicited article for publication, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope for convenience either to return refused articles or to contact about accepted articles.
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      Likewise, for similar reasons, if you want to use quotations and references of reasonal length in your own materials, please contact the author / congregation directly or else contact the EGW editor for permission / arrangements.  In most cases permission is typically available, but conditional upon full attribution (website address, article title, author, date obtained, etc.) and upon approvable representation of the quoted author’s intent and contextual usage.  Each author / congregation may require satisfaction of additional or fewer conditions before granting and/or maintaining permission.
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… Editor’s note: I do not solicit or beg our readers for financial support.  I do not authorize soliciting or begging our readers for financial support.  I do contact congregations and ask them to become subscribing sponsors.  I do offer our readers purchasable items from Churchill Ingenuities, the sale of which helps support Exploring God's Word.  I do accept donations from individuals willing to help support Exploring God's Word.  I do reserve the right to refuse any individual’s donation or any congregation’s subscription if I believe doing so is in the best interests of the publication or of our readers.  This is as close as I come to soliciting our readers — if you want to donate funds for EGW, you’re welcome to do so and I thank you for your kind generosity.  All reader correspondence and subscription inquiries should be sent to the address at the top of this page.
      
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