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			<title>Turn Your Questions to the Gospel</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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	I really like the last one. I often like to pray for people I meet; how can I pray for you?<p><a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/turn-your-questions-to-the-gospel/#respond" title="Comment on Turn Your Questions to the Gospel">Leave a Comment</a></p>]]></description>
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	<p>I really like the last one.</p>
<blockquote><p>I often like to pray for people I meet; how can I pray for you?</p></blockquote>
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			<title>Cal Beisner on caring for creation</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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	How concerned should Christians be about caring for the environment? It depends on the Christian and his or her gifts; it&#8217;s not something we can generalize about. But we can state some principles, as I did in a monograph for the Institute on Religion and Democracy, What Is the Most Important Environmental Task Facing American Christians [...]<p><a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/cal-beisner-on-caring-for-creation/#respond" title="Comment on Cal Beisner on caring for creation">Leave a Comment</a></p>]]></description>
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	<blockquote><p>How concerned should Christians be about caring for the environment? It depends on the Christian and his or her gifts; it&#8217;s not something we can generalize about. But we can state some principles, as I did in a monograph for the Institute on Religion and Democracy, What Is the Most Important Environmental Task Facing American Christians Today?</p></blockquote>
<p>Why do we always call someone who cares about the environment a tree hugger, when that could be a gift given to them by God?</p>
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			<title>Why so much exaggeration</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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	I can understand why a politician exaggerates. But why do Christians feel like they need to, to tell a better story of God&#8217;s redemption? Link<p><a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/why-so-much-exaggeration/#respond" title="Comment on Why so much exaggeration">Leave a Comment</a></p>]]></description>
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	<p>I can understand why a politician exaggerates. But why do Christians feel like they need to, to tell a better story of God&#8217;s redemption?</p>
<p><a href="http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2010/06/29/just-one-question-for-the-trustees-of-liberty-university/">Link</a></p>
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			<title>Win the book “Exponential”</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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						<description><![CDATA[	<p>Posted in <a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/category/links/" title="View all posts in Links" rel="category tag">Links</a></p><p><a href="http://www.catalystspace.com/catablog/full/JUNE10_win_5_copies_of_exponential_today/" rel="bookmark" title="Win the book “Exponential”" target="_blank">http://www.catalystspace.com/catablog/full/JUNE10_win_5_copies_of_exponential_today/</a></p>
	click on the title to go to the page to win the book.<p><a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/win-the-book-exponential/#respond" title="Comment on Win the book “Exponential”">Leave a Comment</a></p>]]></description>
						<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Posted in <a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/category/links/" title="View all posts in Links" rel="category tag">Links</a></p><p><a href="http://www.catalystspace.com/catablog/full/JUNE10_win_5_copies_of_exponential_today/" rel="bookmark" title="Win the book “Exponential”" target="_blank">http://www.catalystspace.com/catablog/full/JUNE10_win_5_copies_of_exponential_today/</a></p>
	<p>click on the title to go to the page to win the book.</p>
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			<title>Justin Taylor on Limited Atonement</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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						<description><![CDATA[	<p>Posted in <a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/category/links/" title="View all posts in Links" rel="category tag">Links</a></p><p><a href="http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2010/06/24/limited-atonement/" rel="bookmark" title="Justin Taylor on Limited Atonement" target="_blank">http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2010/06/24/limited-atonement/</a></p>
	Articulates it so well In effect, Piper argues that Calvinists essentially affirm the biblical truth that Arminians insist upon. But the Calvinist affirms something some more—something biblical that Arminians deny.<p><a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/justin-taylor-on-limited-atonement/#respond" title="Comment on Justin Taylor on Limited Atonement">Leave a Comment</a></p>]]></description>
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	<p>Articulates it so well</p>
<blockquote><p>In effect, Piper argues that Calvinists essentially affirm the biblical truth that Arminians insist upon. But the Calvinist affirms something some <em>more</em>—something biblical that Arminians deny.</p></blockquote>
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			<title>GetReligion.org on Manute Bol</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
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						<description><![CDATA[	<p>Posted in <a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/category/links/" title="View all posts in Links" rel="category tag">Links</a></p><p><a href="http://www.getreligion.org/?p=36924" rel="bookmark" title="GetReligion.org on Manute Bol" target="_blank">http://www.getreligion.org/?p=36924</a></p>
	My boss when I was a missionary in Sudan for a couple years said he knew Manute and that he was a great guy. Bol was much more than a basketball player and he was not a generic humanitarian. His acts were shaped by the conflicts and complexities of his homeland. To understand the size [...]<p><a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/getreligion-org-on-manute-bol/#respond" title="Comment on GetReligion.org on Manute Bol">Leave a Comment</a></p>]]></description>
						<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Posted in <a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/category/links/" title="View all posts in Links" rel="category tag">Links</a></p><p><a href="http://www.getreligion.org/?p=36924" rel="bookmark" title="GetReligion.org on Manute Bol" target="_blank">http://www.getreligion.org/?p=36924</a></p>
	<p>My boss when I was a missionary in Sudan for a couple years said he knew Manute and that he was a great guy.</p>
<blockquote><p>Bol was much more than a basketball player and he was not a generic humanitarian. His acts were shaped by the conflicts and complexities of his homeland. To understand the size of his heart, readers need to know the remarkable nature of the forgiveness that he preached.</p></blockquote>
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			<title>The Case Against Marriage</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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						<description><![CDATA[<p>Posted in <a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/category/article/" title="View all posts in Article" rel="category tag">Article</a></p>Interesting/Sad piece by Al Mohler on a Newsweek article. The Newsweek article represents what may be the most direct journalistic attack on marriage in our times. Though only an op-ed column, it presents arguments that had to date been made largely, if not exclusively, outside of mainstream circles. Consider this column an opening salvo in [...]<p><a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/the-case-against-marriage/#respond" title="Comment on The Case Against Marriage">Leave a Comment</a></p>]]></description>
						<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Posted in <a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/category/article/" title="View all posts in Article" rel="category tag">Article</a></p><p>Interesting/Sad piece by Al Mohler on a <em>Newsweek</em> article.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Newsweek article represents what may be the most direct journalistic attack on marriage in our times. Though only an op-ed column, it presents arguments that had to date been made largely, if not exclusively, outside of mainstream circles. Consider this column an opening salvo in a battle to finish marriage off, once and for all.</p></blockquote>
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			<title>Begin With A Question</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
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						<description><![CDATA[	<p>Posted in <a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/category/links/" title="View all posts in Links" rel="category tag">Links</a></p><p><a href="http://www.movements.net/2010/06/25/begin-your-church-plant-with-a-question.html" rel="bookmark" title="Begin With A Question" target="_blank">http://www.movements.net/2010/06/25/begin-your-church-plant-with-a-question.html</a></p>
	I have always wondered where we get all our plans and ideas for church planting?  You don&#8217;t really see it in the Bible.  Paul doesn&#8217;t tell us to gather a core group, then go to small groups, and then have a launch service.  Steve Addison asks a good question when it comes to church planting. [...]<p><a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/begin-with-a-question/#comments" title="Comment on Begin With A Question">Leave a Comment</a></p>]]></description>
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	<p>I have always wondered where we get all our plans and ideas for church planting?  You don&#8217;t really see it in the Bible.  Paul doesn&#8217;t tell us to gather a core group, then go to small groups, and then have a launch service.  Steve Addison asks a good question when it comes to church planting.</p>
<blockquote><p>So I’d ask this question,</p>
<p><em>In Acts, what were the obstacles to making disciples and planting churches, and how were they overcome?</em></p></blockquote>
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			<title>John Piper and Mothers Working Full-time</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Fishing is a biblical sport!</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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	Fishermen will say anything to feed their habit.<p><a href="http://topchurchblogs.com/fishing-is-a-biblical-sport/#respond" title="Comment on Fishing is a biblical sport!">Leave a Comment</a></p>]]></description>
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	<p>Fishermen will say anything to feed their habit.</p>
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