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[Also: Imagining a Better Marriage Improved Mine | Skeptical State of Bible Reading] Also: Imagining a Better Marriage Improved Mine | Skeptical State of Bible Reading | [View online]( [Christianity Today Direct Newsletter]( Wednesday, April 26, 2017 NEWS [Whatever Is Pure: Cedarville Requires Professors to Apply Philippians 4:8]( Faculty push back against stricter standards keeping curse words, R-rated movies, and sexual content out of their curricula. KATE SHELLNUTT This spring, Cedarville University enacted new curriculum guidelines inspired by Philippians 4:8 and aimed at purifying coursework of erotic and graphic content. Cedarville, a buttoned-up Baptist school with a 130-year Christian history, is not the kind of place where professors assign Fifty Shades of Grey or anything close. But administrators want to err on the side of caution. 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