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		<title>Doctrine of Baalam</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financially successful televangelists as well as radio broadcasters of the “seed money” principle fill the air waves with messages directed toward a concept that wealth and piety are synonymous or at least go hand in hand. Prosperity is held up as a sign or proof that the pious Christian will also be prosperous. There are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living Inside</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There comes a time, in every person’s life, when they begin to live inside their own head. Most of us understand the world through our own eyes. All of the things that happen to us are seen through our own perceptions. The “aware” person tries to see things through other’s eyes, but in reality we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns Grow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is common practice among churches large and small to cheat publishers of Christian material. For instance publishers provide “free” copies of books, music and other items to advertise their merchandise as well as encourage more variety in worship. At times purchases are given with free material as a bonus and if the material is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Render Unto Caesar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resistance Is Futile</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Star Trek: The Next Generation invented an overarching bad guy as a nemesis for the United Federation of Planets. They were called the Borg. The concept for this enemy was that these aliens travelled the galaxy, assimilating civilizations into their collective. A subsequent movie revealed that they were a form of mechanical bee hive with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Doctrine of Destiny Part 3: The Christ</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great deal of time has been spent amongst Christians arguing over whether the Bible teaches predestination or free will. These arguments assume that it’s an either-or proposition. Is there was a way to reconcile the nature of God and these two seeming contrarieties of predeterminism and free will? The question has already been answered, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Doctrine of Destiny Part 2: Free Will</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If determinism, or predeterminism doesn’t fit the personality of God, then what does? Some propose the concept of Free Will. This is the idea that each person has the free, individual right, to decide their own destiny. If you have free will, complete free will, then you, as the individual, are responsible for your own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Doctrine of Destiny Part 1: Determinism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has had to take basic requirements for any collegiate course has been exposed to the subject of philosophy. Most people have had some basic introduction to the concept of philosophy, but I would wager that most people haven’t taken the time to look at how philosophy, as a study, has influence our world. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One God</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve written several articles about the differences between religious sects and even religions as a whole. It is a matter of personal contention as to how strong a stance one should take on the position of doctrinal differences. Some figures in the popular media like to say that there are certain issues of the faith [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Gets Your Approval?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isaiah Roman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Gallup poll has some interesting facts. 80% of Muslim Americans approve of Barak Obama’s job performance. 65% of Jewish Americans approve, as to 60% of atheists, agnostics and those of no particular religion. 50% of Catholics approve, 37% of Protestants and 25% of Mormons. I find that last statistic more interesting than anything [...]]]></description>
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