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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Blogos.org</title>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/</link>
     <description>A good shepherd protects the flock from wolves, and feeds them good food. What does it look like when we conduct our churches and ministries in a Biblical way?</description>


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     <title>Handed over to Satan</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/handed-over-to-satan.php</link>
     <description>In 1 Corinthians, Paul orders an extreme level of church discipline - to hand the offender over to Satan. How such a horrible punishment is actually an act of grace.</description>
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     <title>Altar Calls: Walking the aisle for Jesus</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/altar-calls.php</link>
     <description>Altar calls are a common in evangelical churches. But are they biblical? Or do they teach bad theology about salvation?</description>
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     <title>Christ Ed. Part 3: Teaching Adults in Church</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/Christ-ed-3.php</link>
     <description>Teaching adults is wilding different than teaching children. It's essential to engage adults and invite them into their own learning experience.</description>
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     <title>The Girls in the Striped Dresses</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2017 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/Compassion-International-sri-lanka.php</link>
     <description>Their smiles grace fridge doors all over the world. A Compassion International sponsorship provides a child with food, healthcare, and education. And offers you a refrigerator kid to call your own.</description>
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     <title>Christ Ed. Part 2: The Importance of Scriptural Teaching</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2017 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/Christ-ed-2.php</link>
     <description>The importance of scriptural teaching in Christian education cannot be overstated. If Jesus is our primary subject, the Bible is essential for discovering Who He is.</description>
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     <title>Christ Ed. Part 1: Our Need for Jesus Christ</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/Christ-ed-1.php</link>
     <description>Christian education covers Sunday school, Bible studies, VBS, and much more. But the most important thing it must cover is Christ.</description>
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     <title>Keep Watch! - The Persecuted Church</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/keepwatch/persecuted-church.php</link>
     <description>There are places where prayer, reading the Bible, and sharing your faith are crimes against the government. How can we support brothers and sisters in the persecuted church?</description>
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     <title>Hymenaeus, Alexander, and Church Discipline</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2017 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/hymenaeus-alexander.php</link>
     <description>Second Timothy mentions two men whom Paul told Timothy to hand over to Satan so their flesh may be destroyed. In doing so, he shows the grace in church discipline.</description>
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     <title>Evangelism is a Joint Effort</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2017 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/evangelism-joint-effort.php</link>
     <description>Evangelism isn't solitary work. It requires many believers, obeying God as He leads them in seemingly small and insignificant tasks.</description>
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     <title>Some notes from the editor for 2017</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2017 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/notes-editor-2017.php</link>
     <description>Greetings in the new year and notes on how you can support Blogos in 2017. (No, we're not asking for money!)</description>
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     <title>Confrontations in Witnessing</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2017 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/confrontations-witnessing.php</link>
     <description>Jesus said we should expect persecution, but that doesn't always mean beatings and prison. How should we react when persecution is just confrontations when we're witnessing?</description>
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     <title>A Very GotQuestions Thanksgiving</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/gotquestions-thanksgiving-2016.php</link>
     <description>2016 has seen significant changes for GotQuestions.org and even more significant blessings. Thank you for being a part of our great year!</description>
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     <title>"Whatever is true..."</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/whatever-is-true.php</link>
     <description>It is good to expose false-teaching. But there are better ways to spend our time than condemning every specific error like some theological whack-a-mole. Focus on what is true.</description>
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     <title>Peace over Preparations: Balance in the Spiritual Life</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/christianlifeandgrowth/spiritual-life-balance.php</link>
     <description>It's good to be 'sold out for Jesus.' But when we're faced with school, jobs, friends, family - life - we need to find balance to our spiritual life.</description>
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     <title>Sermonizing</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/sermonizing.php</link>
     <description>The early church established sermons as a major way for more educated believers to teach younger Christ-followers. Sermonizing well takes hard work and help from the Holy Spirit.</description>
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     <title>InterVarsity's LGBTQ Policy: Of Threatening Politics and Precautionary Policies</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/peopleandpolitics/intervarsity-lgbtq.php</link>
     <description>Intervarsity has requested employees who support LGBTQ rights step down. Is this discriminatory hiring practices or freedom of religion?</description>
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     <title>Witnessing in the Den of Iniquity</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/christianlifeandgrowth/witness-den-iniquity.php</link>
     <description>Jesus told us to go through all the world and preach the gospel; does this include dens of iniquity? Should we meet people where they are geographically as well as spiritually?</description>
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     <title>Discipleship Looks Different for Everyone</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/discipling.php</link>
     <description>Jesus called us to go, preach the gospel, baptize, and make disciples. Sometimes the 'make disciples' part seems too intimidating. What does it really entail?</description>
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     <title>Advice for Answering Questions from GotQuestions Writers: The Word</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/answering-questions-2-questioner.php</link>
     <description>Got Questions has over 200 volunteer writers who answer theological and personal questions from all over the world. Here are some notes on what they do to prepare.</description>
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     <title>Advice for Answering Questions from GotQuestions Writers: The Word</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/answering-questions-1-word.php</link>
     <description>Got Questions has over 200 volunteer writers who answer theological and personal questions from all over the world. Here are some notes on what they do to prepare.</description>
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     <title>BibleRef.com - A Bible Commentary from GotQuestions</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/bibleref.php</link>
     <description>New from GotQuestions, a verse-by-verse commentary of the Bible; easily understandable, literally translated, context-informed, and free.</description>
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     <title>The Seven Churches of Revelation</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/seven-churches-revelation.php</link>
     <description>Today, seeker-friendly mega-churches seem to be the goal. But Jesus had very different standards for the seven churches of Revelation - and for the modern church.</description>
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     <title>GotQuestions? - The Hands and Feet of Jesus - and the Mouth!</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/gotquestions/hands-feet-Jesus.php</link>
     <description>What does it mean to be the hands and feet of Jesus? Is a ministry truly Christian if the Gospel is never proclaimed?</description>
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     <title>Confession</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/christianlifeandgrowth/confession.php</link>
     <description>Confession is one of the must underappreciated discipline in the church today. There is a reason we are called to confess our sins to one another; why don't we do it?</description>
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     <title>Boring Sermons</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/thetakeaway/boring-sermon.php</link>
     <description>We try to be holy and respectful and good examples in church. But sometimes sermons are just downright boring. Fortunately, there's an app for that...</description>
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     <title>GotQuestions? - Got Questions? FAQs: Funding</title>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/gotquestions/FAQ-got-questions-funding.php</link>
     <description>Is GotQuestions.org funded through donations, or advertising, or a combination of both? What does GotQuestions.org do with the money it receives?</description>
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     <title>Gather in His Name</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/contributors/ldavis/gather-together-name.php</link>
     <description>Going to church doesn't make you a Christian and avoiding a church doesn't make you an unbeliever. But God does give us very specific instructions to gather together in His name.</description>
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     <title>Dr. Charles C. Ryrie, 1925-2016</title>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/dr-charles-ryrie.php</link>
     <description>Dr. Charles C. Ryrie has left us, but his works remain. Few have made such a great and lasting effect on Christian theology. He will be missed.</description>
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     <title>GotQuestions? - Got Questions? FAQs: Follow-Up</title>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/gotquestions/FAQ-got-questions-follow-up.php</link>
     <description>If people are receiving Jesus Christ as Savior through the Gospel presentation pages on GotQuestions.org, how does GotQuestions follow up with discipleship?</description>
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     <title>GotQuestions? - GotQuestions.org FAQs: Different Interpretations</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/gotquestions/FAQ-got-questions-women-answering-men.php</link>
     <description>Why does GotQuestions.org often only present one interpretation when there are multiple biblically plausible viewpoints on an issue?</description>
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     <title>GotQuestions? - GotQuestions.org FAQs: Women answering Men</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/gotquestions/FAQ-got-questions-women-answering-men.php</link>
     <description>Why does GotQuestions.org allow women to answer questions submitted by men? Shouldn't that be considered teaching and therefore in violation of 1 Timothy 2:11-12?</description>
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     <title>GotQuestions? - GotQuestions.org FAQs: Recommended Resources</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/gotquestions/FAQ-1-got-questions-recommended-resources.php</link>
     <description>Why does GotQuestions.org give recommended resources with its articles? Why are some of the recommended resources from questionable authors/sources?</description>
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     <title>The Roles of Churches and Bible Studies</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/church-bible-study.php</link>
     <description>Churches and Bible studies fill very specific roles, and the two are not interchangeable. Why we need both in our lives.</description>
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     <title>Movie Review: 'Spotlight'</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/cultureandentertainment/spotlight-movie-review.php</link>
     <description>Abuse of children by clergy leaves unique and horrible scars. The movie 'Spotlight' reveals what happens when a religious organization protects its clergy at the expense of its children.</description>
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     <title>Ministry Highlight: Global Action; Social Justice and the Great Commission</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/global-action-2.php</link>
     <description>The president of Global Action discusses social justice, the Great Commission, and the value of full bellies in hell.</description>
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     <title>Ministry Highlight: Global Action</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/global-action.php</link>
     <description>A behind-the-scenes look at Global Action, a ministry dedicated to empowering and equiping local pastors and church leaders in developing nations.</description>
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     <title>Sexual Sin in the Congregation</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/sexual-sin-congregation.php</link>
     <description>Sexual sin within a church congregation is, sadly, not uncommon. How should church leadership react? And how should other members respond when their leadership ignores the issue?</description>
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     <title>Sojourns of the Children of Abraham</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/peopleandpolitics/syrian-refugees.php</link>
     <description>Three children of Abraham meet in a clinic in a train station. One has nothing, one has shoes, and one has God's promise to Abraham. When Middle East refugees need more than shoes.</description>
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     <title>Appointed to His Service</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/contributors/ldavis/appointed-service.php</link>
     <description>How do we serve God? Through the church. When we show up to the church, the Word of God will show us how God can use us to serve Him and others.</description>
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     <title>C.T. Studd: Cannibals need Missionaries, too</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/ct-studd.php</link>
     <description>C.T. Studd gave up a professional athletic career, a large inheritance, and his health for one reason: to reach the lost for Christ. And to be an example for us.</description>
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     <title>7 Issues the Modern Evangelical Church must Face</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/modern-church-issues.php</link>
     <description>The world is changing fast, and the evangelical church needs to keep up. What are the serious issues the church must face?</description>
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     <title>A Personal Perspective on 'First Lady' of the Church</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/contributors/ldavis/first-lady-church.php</link>
     <description>What is the 'first lady' of the church? Is it biblical for the pastor's wife to receive special honor?</description>
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     <title>Embellishing Scripture: The Gospel Does Not Need Our Help</title>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/contributors/ldavis/embellishing-gospel.php</link>
     <description>Why do preachers feel the need to embellish the Gospel? Why do churches over-dramatize, exaggerate, and over-emphasize their role in the ministry of the Gospel?</description>
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     <title>Davidic Worship</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/davidic-worship.php</link>
     <description>What is Davidic worship? Did King David establish the way we are to worship?</description>
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     <title>The Lutheran Church</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/lutheran-church.php</link>
     <description>What are the beliefs of the Lutheran Church? Is Lutheran theology biblical?</description>
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     <title>Detecting False Prophets</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/theologyapologetics/detecting-false-prophet.php</link>
     <description>What differentiates a false prophet from a prophet sent by God? A case study, using the Nigerian 'prophet' TB Joshua.</description>
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     <title>Art: Of Worship and Memory</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/cultureandentertainment/art-worship-memory.php</link>
     <description>What is the role of art in church? How does art relate to memory and worship?</description>
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     <title>The Least of These</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/thetakeaway/least-of-these.php</link>
     <description>Who are 'the least of these'? Do we serve the needy or those who we relate to?</description>
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     <title>Loving God - Hurtful Church</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/hurtful-church.php</link>
     <description>God seems to act less directly in the world today, instead choosing to work through His church. So how can we think of God as loving if His church is hurtful?</description>
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     <title>Keep Watch! - Are faith healings real or phony?</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/keepwatch/healing-today.php</link>
     <description>Jesus performed healings to prove he was Messiah and gifted the Apostles to heal as well. If healings were never the focus of his ministry, should they be ours?</description>
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     <title>And the Pendulum Swings: The Church, Relevancy, and the Truth</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/church-relevancy-truth</link>
     <description>We naturally react to beliefs that are false or non-relatable by moving away from them, like a pendulum. How does the movement of the church toward relevancy relate to the truth?</description>
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     <title>Anderson: Compassion International in Brazil</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/Compassion-International-Anderson</link>
     <description>An orphaned 10-year-old boy has a decision: the streets and drugs or the love of God. Compassion International made that choice possible.</description>
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     <title>Sanctuary: Compassion International in Brazil</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/sanctuary</link>
     <description>Compassion International provides meals, education, healthcare, and Jesus' love. But in the darkest parts of Brazil, they also bring sanctuary.</description>
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     <title>GotQuestions? - What is true poverty?</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/gotquestions/true-poverty</link>
     <description>What is true poverty? What is mental poverty? What is spiritual poverty? Is poverty much more than the absence of money?</description>
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     <title>Age 10: The Crucial Year</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/Age-10.php</link>
     <description>Studies are showing what youth workers have known for a long time - age 10 is a crucial year for influencing kids. How are we reaching our fifth graders?</description>
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     <title>Nephews, Play-Doh Fun Factories, and the Church Body</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/christianlifeandgrowth/church-body.php</link>
     <description>When God gives gifts to others in the church body, do we thank Him? We should be grateful to others and give honor where honor is due. But we must not forget the Source.</description>
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     <title>The Purpose of the Congregation</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/contributors/ldavis/purpose-congregation.php</link>
     <description>When a believer doesn't regularly assemble together in God-fearing fellowship with other members of the family of Christ, not only does he close off other people whom he can help, he also closes himself off to all of the benefits that a close spiritual family offers - a family he can rely on, stand up for and share in God's blessings with.</description>
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     <title>Keep Watch! - Abusing the Sheeple: The despicable 1st Class people of the church</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/keepwatch/spiritual-abuse-sheeple.php</link>
     <description>Spiritual abuse by church leaders is a continuing problem. How should believers respond to abusers living among us?</description>
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     <title>Is corporate prayer more effective than praying alone?</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/christianlifeandgrowth/corporate-prayer.php</link>
     <description>Matthew 18:19-20 seems to say that prayer is more effective if done in a group. Is that true? To roadmap the answer, it will be helpful to explain the nature of prayer and why we do it.</description>
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     <title>Keep Watch! - Lifeboats and the Fear of Witnessing</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/keepwatch/fear-of-witnessing.php</link>
     <description>Most believers do not bother sharing the gospel with their neighbor for a variety of reasons. Why do believers have a fear of witnessing?</description>
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     <title>Keep Watch! - Spiritual Abuse is Alive and Well</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/keepwatch/spiritual-abuse.php</link>
     <description>Spiritual abuse by church leaders is a serious matter. How should believers respond to abusers living among us?</description>
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     <title>Compassion International in the Dominican Republic: The Leadership Development Program</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/DR-leadership-development-program.php</link>
     <description>Compassion International's Leadership Development Program goes beyond childhood to support college students, helping children become leaders in their own countries.</description>
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     <title>Compassion International in the Dominican Republic: The Complementary Interventions Program</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/DR-complementary-interventions.php</link>
     <description>When sponsoring individual children isn't enough, Compassion International's Complementary Interventions Program reaches in to help entire communities.</description>
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     <title>The Take Away - Citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven: Loving without Borders</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/thetakeaway/citizens-heaven.php</link>
     <description>The world tells us to take care of needs at home before we worry about others. But is that what Jesus taught? What are the practical implications of being a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Compassion International in the Dominican Republic: The Child Sponsorship Program</title>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/DR-child-sponsorship.php</link>
     <description>Compassion International is dedicated to 'releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name.' Find out how you can help with the Child Sponsorship Program.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Compassion International in the Dominican Republic: Context and Overview</title>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/DR-context.php</link>
     <description>Compassion International has served children in the Dominican Republic since 1970. Learn more about how they 'release children from poverty in Jesus' name.'</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Thanks for the Decade!</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/decade-with-got-questions.php</link>
     <description>Jeff Laird looks over ten years as a volunteer writer for Got Questions.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Missionary Support</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/missionary-support.php</link>
     <description>Missionaries work long hours in often dangerous circumstances. They have to raise their own tenuous support. All to fill a calling God has given them. What if we took better care of our missionaries?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Children's Ministry</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/childrens-ministry.php</link>
     <description>We have these children for a very short time. What can God do during this time to change the course of their lives?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - What should we do when we disagree with a decision made by church leadership?</title>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/disagree-church-leadership.php</link>
     <description>What should we do if we disagree with decisions made by church leadership? What is the difference between unbiblical direction and decisions that are inefficient or based on personal preference?</description>
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     <title>The Take Away - On Worship and Work</title>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/thetakeaway/worship-and-work.php</link>
     <description>What do we do when we realize we don't actually like worship services? Should we skip? Or is the effort in itself a form of worship?</description>
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     <title>Christian Life &amp; Growth - Are you ready for the call?</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/christianlifeandgrowth/ready-for-the-call.php</link>
     <description>Do we receive our calling by personal message? Or by being so close to God we overhear His still, small voice?</description>
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     <title>Christian Life &amp; Growth - Counseling and the Church</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/christianlifeandgrowth/counseling-and-church.php</link>
     <description>Christian counseling is good and needed, but where is the church? Couldn't the church provide much of the support now left to professional counseling?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Ministry and Social Media: Share Good Content Well</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/ministry-social-media.php</link>
     <description>Very few of us, including ministries, can escape the social media vortex. How can we use social media to share good content well?</description>
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     <title>GotQuestions? - You want to give me money to do what I love to do? What?!?</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/gotquestions/donations.php</link>
     <description>The fact that people donate to GotQuestions.org continues to amaze and encourage us. We love what we do and are therefore tremendously blessed to be able to serve God and earn a living at the same time.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - The Trials and Blessings of a Church Elder</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/elder-blessings.php</link>
     <description>A pastor's kid thinks back to her own childhood when her husband is asked to become an elder. Are the trials, hard work, and lack of appreciation really worth it?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Helping the Homeless</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/helping-homeless.php</link>
     <description>The raggedy man stands on the corner with a dog and a sign begging for money. Do we roll down the window and give him a few bucks? What if there was a way we could know we were really helping?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - How to Witness to Atheists, Part 2: Resources - Maggie Peil</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/witnessing-atheists-2.php</link>
     <description>Peter says to always have an answer for the faith that is in you. When witnessing to atheists, there are some great resources to help you find that answer.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - How to Witness to Atheists, Part 1: Attitude - Maggie Peil</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/witnessing-atheists-1.php</link>
     <description>How do you witness to atheists? With love, humility, patience, and prayer. In short, with the same attitude we should have in all our encounters.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - And the answer is... - Gwen Sellers</title>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/answers.php</link>
     <description>Having all the answers isn't all it's cracked up to be, or at least not all I have previously cracked it up to be. The truth of the matter is there just isn't always black-and-white. In my opinion, accepting that reality opens us up to enjoy life more fully.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Neediness and Love - Gwen Sellers</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/love-and-need.php</link>
     <description>Neediness and love. We tend to think of these as a bad combination. But, sometimes neediness and love are a beautiful combination, an opportunity to practice deep, godly love.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Holy Jeans - Kersley Fitzgerald</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/holy-jeans.php</link>
     <description>What is appropriate attire for church? Should we dress up for church?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Ten Questions to Help You Identify Your Calling/Vocation - Alan Cross</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/vocation-calling.php</link>
     <description>Every Christian has a unique vocation. But, how do we know what it is? Here are ten questions to answer that will help you find out your calling in ministry.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Deepening the Soul for Justice by Bethany Hoang - Kersley Fitzgerald</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/deepening-soul-justice.php</link>
     <description>Passion, righteous anger, and human energy are not enough to fight injustice in the world. We must be equipped by the God of justice. 'Deepening the Soul for Justice' explains how.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - The Essentials of Apologetics Slideshow 1: Why Apologetics? - Robin Schumacher</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/compellingtruth/EA01-why-apologetics.php</link>
     <description>In collaboration with apologetics315.com, Robin Schumacher presents a series of slideshows for churches and teachers. Volume 1: Why Apologetics?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Works Gift-Wrapped in Love - Kersley Fitzgerald</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/work-wrapped-in-love.php</link>
     <description>Pride can make us hide from our spiritual gifts; narrow-mindedness can make us hoard them. Only love can turn a work into a gift.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Intra-Cultural Christian - Rebekah Largent</title>
     <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/intra-cultural-Christian.php</link>
     <description>We are called to live in the world, not be of it. But we can't do that unless we're actually living in the world.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Walking with a Friend through the Valley of Depression - Gwen Sellers</title>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/friend-depression-1.php</link>
     <description>Most of us know someone who has suffered from depression. Knowing what to do about it is another matter. What do our depressed friends need? And how can we love and support them while still acknowledging their pain?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - The Grace of Church Discipline - Kersley Fitzgerald</title>
     <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/church-discipline.php</link>
     <description>Jesus laid out exactly how we are to confront another believer with sin. It's a system designed to create healing and restoration. Abusive or ignored church discipline humiliates and shames the innocent and forsakes the guilty.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Igniting Passion for Ministry - Jeff Reiter</title>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/passion-for-ministry.php</link>
     <description>The church has a great deal of vision for ministry, but what it is lacking is passion.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Does the Local Church Still Matter? - Dillon Burroughs</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/does-church-matter.php</link>
     <description>In a day and age when believers can download the world's top sermons and songs at will, does the local church still matter?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - My Refrigerator Kid - MeLissa LeFleur</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/compassion-international.php</link>
     <description>Jesus Christ transcends poverty, and Compassion International is helping children experience real joy.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Ministry is More Than Treating Symptoms - Jeff Reiter</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/church-ministry.php</link>
     <description>Ministry is giving everything out of a heart of compassion and grace—not consumer-based church programs.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - The Solas of the Reformation (And Why They Matter Today) - Dillon Burroughs</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/sola-christo.php</link>
     <description>Sola Christo was a Latin term used by Protestant Reformers that meant "only Christ" and emphasized the essential role of Jesus in salvation.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - The Solas of the Reformation (And Why They Matter Today) - Dillon Burroughs</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/sola-gratia.php</link>
     <description>Sola gratia was a Latin term used by Protestant Reformers that meant "only grace" and taught that salvation was a gift of grace.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - The Solas of the Reformation (And Why They Matter Today) - Dillon Burroughs</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/sola-fide.php</link>
     <description>Sola fide looked to the teachings of the Bible alone regarding salvation, heavily emphasizing Ephesians 2:8-9.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - The Solas of the Reformation (And Why They Matter Today) - Dillon Burroughs</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/sola-scriptura.php</link>
     <description>Sola scriptura emphasized the Bible alone as the source of authority for Christians. </description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - A Letter to Infertile Women on Mother's Day - MeLissa LeFleur</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/infertility-mothers-day.html</link>
     <description>Infertility is painful – especially on Mother's Day. If you're a woman struggling with infertility, this letter is for you.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - An Unfamiliar Pastor - Dolores Kimball</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/pastor.php</link>
     <description>John Bunyan describes a pastor in his Pilgrim's Progress. But when we read about that pastor, why does he look so unfamiliar?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - The Bible Verses Women Hate - Dolores Kimball</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/bible-verses-women.php</link>
     <description>There are some bible verses that women have a hard time accepting. Why are verses about submission so hard to take?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - The Parachurch Paradox: The Danger in Mixing Business and Ministry - Dolores Kimball</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/parachurch.php</link>
     <description>What is the danger of mixing business with ministry? How are some parachurch organizations losing focus?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Jesus, Not Religion - Jonathan Fashbaugh</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/jesus-religion.php</link>
     <description>Nobody likes to admit that motives without God cannot be godly. But even religion itself is ungodly if you don't have Jesus?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - The Spirit and the Body of Christ - Kevin Stone</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/body-of-christ.php</link>
     <description>How does the human body, all its parts working together, resemble the church? Why does the Bible call the church the body of Christ?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Why is there so much violence in the Old Testament? - Dan Barkman</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/violence-in-the-old-testament.php</link>
     <description>Why is there so much violence in the old testament? What does God think about violence?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Is the Bible Corrupted? - Dillon Burroughs</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/is-the-bible-corrupted.php</link>
     <description>Is the Bible corrupted, or changed? How can we be certain that we have the same words written down by the original authors?</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Angelica Zambrano and the Christian Dufflepuds - Dolores Kimball</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/angelica-zambrano.php</link>
     <description>Angelica Zambrano, an Ecuadorian teenager, claims a vision during which she met Jesus, who led her through hell and heaven so that she would be able to come back and warn people.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - The Dufflepuds and Miss California - Dolores Kimball</title>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/spiritual-discernment.php</link>
     <description>Dufflepudism is rampant in the evangelical world. Witness the rush to elevate a former Miss California to near-sainthood for her stand on gay marriage.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Down with Dufflepudism! - Dolores Kimball</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/Christians-are.php</link>
     <description>Dufflepudism is rampant in the evangelical world today as Christians are buying into every new fad that comes along, and blindly accepting each new philosophy.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - Mercy To The Least Of These</title>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/mercy-to-the-least-of-these.php</link>
     <description>Mercy To The Least Of These - A Spiritual Warfare Challenge</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - The Love Of The Father - Jonathan Fashbaugh</title>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/the-love-of-the-father.php</link>
     <description>John 3:16 says For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - What Makes Tim Tebow a Christian - Blogos</title>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/tim-tebow-christian.php</link>
     <description>What makes Tim Tebow Christian? Is it 'tebowing' in prayer? Is it charity for others? Or is it something else? Read an amazing story about Tebow's love for hurting people, and the work he does for others off the field.</description>
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     <title>Church &amp; Ministry - The Ceiling Fan Podcast: An Authentic Voice in Youth Ministry - Blogos</title>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.blogos.org/churchandministry/ceiling-fan-podcast.php</link>
     <description>The Ceiling Fan podcast uses silly humor and engaging audio production to connect with kids and teens, and adds a refreshingly authentic voice to the world of Christian youth ministry.</description>
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