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		<title>Christmas-ing</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/christmas-ing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My good friend at Baker Books has an interesting post on the history of &#8220;God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen&#8221; that I think you&#8217;ll find interesting.
See also C. Michael Patton: On What Date Was Christ Born?
Andy Naselli: &#8220;Mary, Did You Know?&#8221;
By the way, as I find more factoids that are meaningful to the Christmas season I&#8217;ll [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5318&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving (over)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes&#8230;Thanksgiving is over.
But all Christians everywhere should never stop giving thanks.

1 Chronicles 16:8
Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
Nehemiah 12:31
I had the leaders of Judah go up on top of the wall. I also assigned two large choirs to give thanks.
Nehemiah 12:31
I had the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5314&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I think of Thanksgiving, naturally the holiday comes to mind with images of all the wonderful food, fun, and family. However, another way I think of it is how the word &#8220;thanksgiving&#8221; is used in Scripture. Paul writes to the Philippian believers:
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5299&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/manhattan-declaration-a-call-of-christian-conscience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since its release on Friday, November 20, 2009,  this declaration has almost 50,000 signatories.
The Manhattan Declaration calls all Christians everywhere to uphold and defend:
1. the sanctity of human life
2. the dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife
3. the rights of conscience and religious liberty.
Link to the document.

And, yes, I signed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5283&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy birthday to me!</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/happy-birthday-to-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirty one years ago today, by the gracious Gospel, Christ lovingly called me to be his disciple and enter into a thrilling, eternal adventure with Him. Looking back on my days before Christ I see only rubbish and ruin. Looking at my days in Christ I see only glorious hope and an abiding joy that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5038&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Best Practices for Church Leadership</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/best-practices-for-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letters Along the Way (D. A. Carson and John Woodbridge. Crossway Books: 1993) had a huge impact upon me and I&#8217;ll always remember its gentle pastoral tone balanced with profound theological discussions between the two fictional characters, Timothy and Dr. Woodson. Now available online, this resource should be required reading for pastors and leaders in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5243&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Gospel in Action</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/the-gospel-in-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve said before Ethiopia has two less orphans and now they&#8217;re cleared to come to America to join a loving, deeply devoted family in Christ. I&#8217;m delighted to say that after many months of prayerful posture and careful planning, God has graciously granted these lovely children a new home and new family. 
Please do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5278&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Best Practices for Small Groups</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/small-group-best-practices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many believers have been involved in some type of small group gathering that typically meets in homes and that is usually sponsored by a local church. Is it important to have guidelines that govern such a gathering? Or should folks come together and just wing it from one meeting to another? If general guidelines are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5143&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>[More] Crazy Discipleship: I wonder if&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/more-crazy-discipleship-i-wonder-if/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post I mentioned I was reading Francis Chan&#8217;s Crazy Love. There I offered some quotes from Chapter 4, &#8220;Profile of the Lukewarm.&#8221; I&#8217;ve since finished the book and have a few more &#8220;nuggets&#8221; that I found especially insightful.
Chapter 9, &#8220;Who Really Lives That Way?&#8221; provides a thumbnail sketch of some people who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5220&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy Discipleship: I wonder if&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/crazy-discipleship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m reading Francis Chan&#8217;s Crazy Love since my wife read it and encouraged me to do so. After the first few chapters my wife asked me how I liked it and I responded, &#8220;It&#8217;s very basic but basically very good.&#8221; I was not being sarcastic or condescending; I really meant that it was a basic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5180&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Election: Definition via Function</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/election-definition-via-function/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: &#8220;The Function of Divine Election: Part 2&#8243; now available.

The Fish Tank (the blog of the Harvard Ichthus) has an insightful piece on the doctrine of election. While it won&#8217;t satisfy all the theological and philosophical inquiries of this controversy, it provides an interesting angle that is not always observed. See &#8220;The Function of Divine [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5097&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God Abuse?</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/god-abuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I&#8217;ve pointed to this before, these words are absolutely vital for us to hear in our self-absorbed, self-reliant, self-esteemed, self-authenticating, self-ish culture.
&#8220;God Abuse. By nature we are all pagans caught in the Babel syndrome. When we think we can manipulate God by praying in Jesus&#8217; name to achieve selfish purposes, our paganism is showing. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5086&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our Daily Bread</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just read a fine couple of quotes today on God&#8217;s sovereignty in our lives:
He chooses for his people better than they could choose for themselves.
    If they are in heaviness, there is a need-be for it, and he withholds nothing from them but what, upon the whole, it is better they should [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5074&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;ve Gotta Be Kidd&#8217;n Me!</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/youve-gotta-be-kiddn-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I don&#8217;t care what he [an author] thinks about God. I just want my daughter to accept Christ.&#8221;
As always, Louis McBride has an interesting post dealing with a customer in a Christian bookstore.
Check out The Legacy of The Tower of Babel: &#8220;God Abuse&#8221;.
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		<title>What&#8217;s the Big Deal about Jesus?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ When Mel Gibson&#8217;s movie &#8220;The Passion of the Christ&#8221; came out in 2004 my wife chose not to go and see it (she wasn&#8217;t up for viewing the intense scenes of his crucifixion). I went to see it with my son, but for those who asked me why my wife did not want to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5053&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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