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During courtship, guarding each other's purity and refraining from intimacy are the acts of lovemaking.

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Joshua Harris
Age: 49
Born: 1974
Born: December 30
Author
Writer
Dayton
Ohio
Acts
Refraining
Lovemaking
Guarding
Courtship
Intimacy
Purity

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