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		<title>It&#8217;s Not Leading with Democracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 04:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The word democracy is often associated politically with a form of governance. In the United States, people will often say &#8220;democracy is under attack&#8221; or they claim, &#8220;we need to protect democracy.&#8221; The problem is, the United States doesn&#8217;t have a democracy. We have a Constitutional Republic. Citizens elect representatives to make decisions according to &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="http://www.nickcarnes.com/brizy-6829/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "It&#8217;s Not Leading with Democracy"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>My First 40 Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today, is my 40th Birthday, which means I have actually completed 40 years of life. I was thinking the other day about some of the things I&#8217;ve learned so far, or some of the things I have grown to appreciate, so I thought I&#8217;d share some of them here with you. Jesus is King. My &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="http://www.nickcarnes.com/my-first-40-years/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "My First 40 Years"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What If We Joined Boats?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What if you joined our boat? Or, someone else’s boat and their crew? While speaking at Azusa Pacific University’s chapel, Francis Chan shared that he and his family are moving to Asia, this year, to become missionaries. He said, in part:“I feel like I’ve been fishing in the same pond my whole life and now &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="http://www.nickcarnes.com/what-if-we-joined-boats/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "What If We Joined Boats?"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Bigger Problem with Chick-Fil-A</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, I wrote the post, Oh, Chick-fil-A: The Outrage. So far, it has reached over 101,000 people, and it keeps going. That&#8217;s crazy! My intention was to share my thoughts with my small social media world. I had no idea it was going to travel as far as it did. Reading the feedback from &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="http://www.nickcarnes.com/the-bigger-problem-with-chick-fil-a/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Bigger Problem with Chick-Fil-A"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oh, Chick-Fil-A: The Outrage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2019 01:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I know people will disagree with me. I kind of count on it, especially after seeing the highly emotional, opinionated Facebook posts over the last 24 hours. Many of those posts have been by people I greatly respect. Don&#8217;t worry though, it won&#8217;t be the first time someone has disagreed with me. The good news &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="http://www.nickcarnes.com/oh-chick-fil-a-the-outrage/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Oh, Chick-Fil-A: The Outrage"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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