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	<title>ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ (in Christ Jesus)</title>
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		<title>Crazy Discipleship: I wonder if&#8230;</title>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 Election: Part 1.
A quote from Jonathan Edwards from the [...]<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 [...]<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>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/our-daily-bread/</link>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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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>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/jesus/</link>
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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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		<title>Happy Birthday Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield!</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/happy-birthday-benjamin-breckinridge-warfield/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Justin Taylor has a fine post Remembering B. B. Warfield, noting his 158th birthday. 
If you&#8217;re not familiar with his writings, then you&#8217;re missing out on a brilliant mind and passionate heart for Christ.
My comment there:
&#8220;Thank you for this! I will never forget sitting on Waikiki beach while traveling on biz to Hawaii more than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5050&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Praying for Mr. President</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/on-praying-for-mr-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chuck Colson hits a homerun with today&#8217;s Breakpoint commentary Afghanistan and Just War.
Check it out and then get on your knees&#8230;for Christ&#8217;s sake!
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		<title>Desiring John Piper&#8217;s Desiring God?</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/desiring-john-pipers-desiring-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian Audio is offering John Piper&#8217;s Desiring God for free this month.
Click the image or the title for instructions.
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		<title>What It Means to be Christian</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/what-it-means-to-be-christian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Made for spirituality, we wallow in introspection. Made for joy, we settle for pleasure. Made for justice, we clamor for vengeance. Made for relationship, we insist on our own way. Made for beauty, we are satisfied with sentiment. But new creation has already begun to rise. Christians are called to leave behind, in the tomb [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=5005&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween&#8230;A Rather Informed Read</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/halloween-a-rather-informed-read/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sally Thomas over at First Things has an excellent post on participating in Halloween entitled &#8220;The Drama of Hallomas&#8221;, which I highly recommend. You may not agree with her particular applications, but it&#8217;s historically and practically informed!
As a friend of mine observed recently, there is something medieval about Halloween. The masks, the running around in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=4991&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s Providence</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/gods-providence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin DeYoung has a fine post on God&#8217;s providential care and the practical implications of it.
After listing numerous passages for supporting God&#8217;s meticulous hand in all things, DeYoung admonishes us to &#8220;move past merely tolerating God’s sovereignty to joyously embracing it. If God’s providence is found so often in the Bible that its truth is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=4970&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What if&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/what-if/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if our churches, instead of spending so much time on so many skits and props and lighting, and audio, and&#8230;, we instead challenged God&#8217;s people to memorize and dramatically recite Scripture before the congregation?
Listen as this man proclaims God&#8217;s Word and immerse yourself in holy entertainment!


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		<title>Introducing&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/introducing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Eleonore Stump, Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at St. Louis University, one of my favorite contemporary philosophers. With specialties in medieval and Thomistic philosophy and philosophy of religion, Dr. Stump has made significant contributions to Christian philosophy. 
I highly recommend her tender and profoundly moving paper &#8220;The Mirror of Evil&#8221;, in God and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=4949&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Women in Ministry</title>
		<link>http://inchristus.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/on-women-in-ministry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Witherington has a fine, high-level post on why women should be allowed every opportunity in the Church based upon their giftedness and not excluded solely because of gender.
See his Why Arguments against Women in Ministry Aren&#8217;t Biblical.
Needless to say and for the record, I&#8217;m a full-blown biblical egalitarian but do not see this as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inchristus.wordpress.com&blog=3555652&post=4947&subd=inchristus&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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