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		<title>The Bible&#8217;s Altogether Unnatural Perspective on Life</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 14:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Barnes]]></dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[As I read the Bible, I am constantly reminded of how divergent it is from my own perspective on life. For example, in James 1, Jesus&#8217;s brother (and self-described servant) opens his letter by saying, &#8220;Consider&#160;it all joy, my brothers&#8230;&#8221; Sounds good, right? I care about joy in my life. James, you have my attention. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Pillars for When It Seems Life Will Crush You</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2015 17:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Barnes]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Suffering]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[In my Christian walk, I&#8217;ve known that life can be hard. However, for the most part, this truth has been somewhat of a &#8220;Christian theory&#8221; that I&#8217;ve been taught to be true. I&#8217;ve been blessed to live and have means to live. I&#8217;ve been blessed with an amazing wife who loves me unconditionally, and largely despite me. And we [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gospel is More Than Facts</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2015 13:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Barnes]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gospel]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[The gospel is more than a set of facts ordered together to provide a person with an equation for divine reconciliation. It is true that in Christianity&#8217;s core message, salvation is offered. But sometimes that message gets boiled down to a few facts that you must believe in order to avoid an unpleasant afterlife and instead be ushered into paradise. There have [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Traits of a Good Leader</title>
		<link>http://clearingtheattic.com/2015/04/01/four-traits-of-a-good-leader/</link>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Barnes]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Many of the things I learn about leadership have come from either my failures as a leader, or conversely, the good examples of those leaders who inspire me to follow. This list is no different. I am no leadership expert; I have just seen things that have characterized leaders I would follow. Here are a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Communication is Better Than Strategic Genius</title>
		<link>http://clearingtheattic.com/2015/03/25/good-communication-is-better-than-strategic-genius/</link>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Barnes]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PSA]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Given two teams, one with great strategists and one with mediocre strategists that can communicate effectively, the mediocre will always win*. Ok. That&#8217;s a grand assertion for which I have no statistics. And maybe some hyperbole crept in. But as I&#8217;ve worked on various teams, one thing that has consistently been either the conduit of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A Conversation about Finishing Things</title>
		<link>http://clearingtheattic.com/2015/03/18/a-conversation-about-finishing-things/</link>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2015 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Barnes]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[The hardest part of most things is the starting. Once you&#8217;ve begun, the momentum of overcoming the initial immobilizing friction is enough to carry you along. This is what I&#8217;ve found when writing. Lists are easy. My mind is an ocean of skeletal thoughts, half-developed, half-understood. But to begin to put flesh on those bones, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>More Thoughts about Church History</title>
		<link>http://clearingtheattic.com/2013/08/19/more-thoughts-about-church-history/</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2013 14:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Barnes]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reformed Theological Seminary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[I have profited greatly from my Church History course at Reformed Theological Seminary. While I wouldn&#8217;t expect someone to enroll at RTS simply to take the class, there is no need! Thanks to technology and the glory of the internet, you can go and download the lectures for free at iTunes U. Consider this my [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Thoughts about Discipleship</title>
		<link>http://clearingtheattic.com/2013/07/29/three-thoughts-about-discipleship/</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Barnes]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ministry]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[The vision of our youth ministry is to be a youth ministry that makes disciples who make disciples. Not terribly flashy, but it gets to the point. And, yes, I&#8217;ve thought through the fact that the Great Commission was given to the apostles, and that disciple-making is a function of the church. Nonetheless, we want [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Thoughts about Church History</title>
		<link>http://clearingtheattic.com/2013/07/22/three-thoughts-about-church-history/</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Barnes]]></dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks, I&#8217;ve been taking a course on Church History from Reformed Theological Seminary. I can&#8217;t recommend RTS enough. Their faculty and staff are wonderful, and the courses I have taken have been spiritually and ministerially fruitful. This course on Church History, spanning the book of Acts through to pre-Reformation era Christianity, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Theology is for Everyone</title>
		<link>http://clearingtheattic.com/2013/05/03/why-theology-is-for-everyone/</link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 13:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Barnes]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gospel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[In Colossians 1:9-10, Paul tells the Christians in Colossae of his prayer for them: 9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy [&#8230;]]]></description>
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