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         <title>Why the Church Should Still Publicly Oppose Gay Marriage</title>
         <description>&lt;p&gt;Not opposing same sex marriage may not solve Christianity's image problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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         <title>Poll: Pre-Marital Sex More Acceptable than Pornography</title>
         <description>&lt;p&gt;Gallup finds our attitude toward sin is shifting. More evidence the church's influence is declining? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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         <title>Why Legalizing Gay Marriage May Be Good for the Church</title>
         <description>&lt;p&gt;How the church can thrive by focusing on the battles that really matter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Joel Hunter Responds to Obama's Gay Marriage Endorsement</title>
         <description>&lt;p&gt;The president's spiritual adviser disagrees with him on gay marriage, but calls the church to a wiser response.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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         <title>New Census Data- Mormons &amp; Muslims Growing Fast</title>
         <description>&lt;p&gt;While 80 percent of Americans still claim to be Christians, the devil is in the details. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Stupid Church Tricks: Mary &amp; Joseph in Bed</title>
         <description>&lt;p&gt;How many theological and cultural taboos can one billboard violate? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Obama Endorses Same Sex Marriage--Now What?</title>
         <description>&lt;p&gt;3 reasons he did, and where Christians should focus their attention.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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         <title>Andy Stanley, Al Mohler, and Homosexuality</title>
         <description>&lt;p&gt;Stanley gives a sermon about tension, and Mohler refuses to live in it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Trayvon, Dr. Land, &amp; the "Myth" of Racism</title>
         <description>&lt;p&gt;Richard Land "overestimates" the church's progress on race relations.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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         <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Stupid Church Tricks: Dead Easter Bunny</title>
         <description>&lt;p&gt;At Easter, this church believes there's no such thing as bad press.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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         <category>Mission</category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>U.S. Ranked 5th Most Religious Country</title>
         <description>&lt;p&gt;Researchers Rank Belief in God in 30 Countries.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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         <title>Should Churches Tell Singles to Use Contraceptives?</title>
         <description>&lt;p&gt;Reducing abortion is important, but Matthew Lee Anderson doesn't think this is the way to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Ur Video: Are Mormons Christians?</title>
         <description>&lt;p&gt;Joel Osteen &amp; Rick Warren react to Mitt Romney's nomination and faith.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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         <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>12 Months, 12 Religions</title>
         <description>&lt;p&gt;A young Christian practices 12 faiths in one year and his surprising conclusion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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         <category>Missional</category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Seriously Silly</title>
         <description>&lt;p&gt;Media, mission, and why the church needs to grasp the power of humor.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/christianitytoday/OutOfUr/~4/bxtvjiZBeOw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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         <category>New Generations</category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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