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		<title>The Biblical Challenge from (and for) Millennials</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 23:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Opie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting article from Lamar Vest &#8211; CEO of American Bible Society about reaching &#8220;Millenials&#8221; with the Word of God. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lamar-vest/the-challenge-from-millen_b_572570.html Filed under: The Bible and the Church<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dustybible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8365186&#038;post=328&#038;subd=dustybible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Emergence of Mobile</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 01:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Opie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mobile Internet access is increasing at an alarming rate.  More than 100 million of the 400 million Facebook users now interact with their Facebook pages using a mobile device.  Mary Meeker (Morgan Stanley&#8217;s Managing Director of their Global Technology Team)  is predicting that in the next five years, &#8220;more users will connect to the Internet [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dustybible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8365186&#038;post=312&#038;subd=dustybible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What just happened?  Facebook just took over the Internet, that&#8217;s what.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Opie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first time I ever heard of Facebook was the day after the terrible Virginia Tech Massacre (April 2007), when one student reportedly informed her family that she was safe via her Facebook status.  At the time, it was a relatively new web platform that was beginning to dominate the US College market, taking over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dustybible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8365186&#038;post=280&#038;subd=dustybible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Solitude, Silence and Meditation</title>
		<link>http://dustybible.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/solitude-silence-and-meditation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Opie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a stimulating discussion with a pastor the other day in which we talked about Scripture engagement with the Emerging Generation.  He raised a question I&#8217;ve been thinking about for some time &#8211; how far do we go to accommodate the post-modern approach of the Emerging Generation to the Bible before we really lose [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dustybible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8365186&#038;post=260&#038;subd=dustybible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Ideas on Scripture Engagement with an Emerging Generation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Opie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Think Tank at the Worldwide Scripture Engagement Consultation in Malaysia, I have written this paper outlining some new thinking on Scripture engagement with the Emerging Generation.  You can download it here.  You&#8217;ll need Adobe Reader to view it. I would love to hear your thoughts and ideas on this! Scripture Engagement with an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dustybible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8365186&#038;post=244&#038;subd=dustybible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Global Church Reform &#8211; the absurdity of the &#8216;Attractional&#8217; church model in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Opie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being in Malaysia at the WWSE conference has given me a small insight into what is happening to the church globally.  I believe the church is going through a reformation of sorts, on many levels.  Scripture engagement is playing a huge part in that.  In fact, Scripture engagement may be the most important element. Phylis [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dustybible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8365186&#038;post=215&#038;subd=dustybible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smartphone key to Bible engagement in near future</title>
		<link>http://dustybible.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/smartphone-key-to-bible-engagement-in-near-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Opie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m becoming more and more convinced that the smartphone will be a key Bible engagement tool in the near future.  I believe these devices represent the pinnacle of Internet development &#8211; people remotely connected wherever they are, whatever they are doing. Sales of Smartphones are exploding, with 2.1 million sold in Australia alone in 2009.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dustybible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8365186&#038;post=221&#038;subd=dustybible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Bible Page about to Hit 1 Million Fans!</title>
		<link>http://dustybible.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/facebook-bible-page-about-to-hit-1-million-fans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Opie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check it out &#8211; it&#8217;s about to crack 1 million fans.  Visit the page here. &#160; Posted in Digital World &#38; The Bible<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dustybible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8365186&#038;post=218&#038;subd=dustybible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kids&#8217; Responses to Tarore and Her Book</title>
		<link>http://dustybible.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/kids-responses-to-tarore-and-her-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Opie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received a letter today from a Bible in Schools teacher who has given out the Tarore book by Joy Cowley that we&#8217;ve produced here at Bible Society.  She kindly sent me some notes from the kids who received copies.  Here&#8217;s what some of the notes say (uncorrected)&#8230; &#8220;I think it was really cool to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dustybible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8365186&#038;post=209&#038;subd=dustybible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tarore Book Launch Video</title>
		<link>http://dustybible.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/tarore-book-launch-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Opie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesay of the wonderful team at Shine TV here in New Zealand. Posted in Resources for the Church, Videos<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dustybible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8365186&#038;post=204&#038;subd=dustybible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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