sow wild oats
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A Penitent Reflects on the Wilderness Rob Pruitt — who last week opened a gargantuan solo exhibition inspired by the Amish tradition of Rumspringa, the period during which some teenagers sow wild oats before they reach the age to join the church — is not the first artist you might think of when you think Anabaptist.
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What is the best place to sow wild oats?
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Now the Bible tells us that if we sow wild oats, we must reap wild oats.
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Can boys or young men, girls or young women, sow "wild oats" and reap blessing later on?
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If we sow "wild oats" what must we reap?
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