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		<title>God Our Savior</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared.” (Titus 3:4) Six times in the pastoral epistles Paul refers to God (evidently meaning the Father) as our Savior (1 Timothy 1:1; 2:3; 4:10;&#160;Titus 1:3; 2:10; 3:4). Usually, however, he and the other New Testament writers identify Jesus Christ as our ... <a title="God Our Savior" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/god-our-savior-3/" aria-label="Read more about God Our Savior">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>God Loves the Wicked</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2022 15:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.” ... <a title="God Loves the Wicked" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/god-loves-the-wicked/" aria-label="Read more about God Loves the Wicked">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Merciful or Merciless</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2022 05:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gossip]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[☕ &#8220;Then Joseph her husband, BEING A JUST MAN, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.&#8221; ~ Matthew 1:19 Oh, the many untold hundreds of times I&#8217;ve heard a &#8220;Christian&#8221; literally tear apart their own spouse&#8217;s reputation once the divorce process begins! It never seems to ... <a title="Merciful or Merciless" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/merciful-or-merciless/" aria-label="Read more about Merciful or Merciless">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Me or Jesus?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Authenticity 101]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[No More Compromise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[approval]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[❤ &#8220;But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature (Saul), because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart (David).” ~ I Samuel 16:7 Authenticity 101: I ... <a title="Me or Jesus?" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/me-or-jesus/" aria-label="Read more about Me or Jesus?">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Family or Faith?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 19:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[blood]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[💦 &#8220;Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and ORPAH KISSED HER mother-in-law, but RUTH CLUNG TO HER. And Naomi said, &#8220;Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.&#8221; ~ Ruth 1:14-15 Everyone, at some very specific point in their lives, comes to that ... <a title="Family or Faith?" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/family-or-faith/" aria-label="Read more about Family or Faith?">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Living for the Future</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2020 13:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[complaining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[praise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rejoice]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[☀ &#8220;When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the ordinance of David king of Israel. And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the LORD: &#8220;For ... <a title="Living for the Future" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/living-for-the-future/" aria-label="Read more about Living for the Future">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Christian Judgement and Exposing False Teaches</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 02:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[All this modem day talk about love, used as an excuse for not exposing error, is not really biblical love but is really sloppy agape. Guest Writer: Danella Steele Carpenter I. It Is Right To Practice Biblical Judgment One of the most misused verses in the Bible is, &#8220;Judge not, that ye be not judged&#8221; ... <a title="Christian Judgement and Exposing False Teaches" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/christian-judgement-and-exposing-false-teaches/" aria-label="Read more about Christian Judgement and Exposing False Teaches">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>God&#8217;s Answers Habakkuk&#8217;s Second Plea</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[assurance]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[👑 &#8220;I will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me, And what I will answer WHEN I AM CORRECTED. Then the LORD answered me and said: &#8220;Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, THAT HE MAY RUN THAT READS IT. For ... <a title="God&#8217;s Answers Habakkuk&#8217;s Second Plea" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/gods-answers-habakkuks-second-plea/" aria-label="Read more about God&#8217;s Answers Habakkuk&#8217;s Second Plea">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Habakkuk&#8217;s Second Desperate Plea to God for Understanding</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deliverance]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[💦 &#8220;Are You not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, You have appointed them for judgment; O Rock, You have marked them for correction. You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, And cannot look on wickedness. WHY DO YOU LOOK ON THOSE WHO DEAL ... <a title="Habakkuk&#8217;s Second Desperate Plea to God for Understanding" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/habakkuks-second-desperate-plea-to-god-for-understanding/" aria-label="Read more about Habakkuk&#8217;s Second Desperate Plea to God for Understanding">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>God&#8217;s Answer to Habakkuk&#8217;s Desperate Plea for National Deliverance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 20:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[God&#8217;s Answer to Habakkuk&#8217;s Desperate Plea for National Deliverance: 👑 &#8220;Look among the nations and watch — Be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days Which you would not believe, though it were told you. For indeed I AM RAISING UP THE CHALDEANS, A bitter and hasty nation Which marches through ... <a title="God&#8217;s Answer to Habakkuk&#8217;s Desperate Plea for National Deliverance" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/gods-answer-to-habakkuks-desperate-plea-for-national-deliverance/" aria-label="Read more about God&#8217;s Answer to Habakkuk&#8217;s Desperate Plea for National Deliverance">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Habakkuk&#8217;s Desperate Plea to God</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 20:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[💦 &#8220;O LORD, how long shall I cry, And You will not hear? Even cry out to You, &#8220;Violence!&#8221; And You will not save. Why do You show me iniquity, And cause me to see trouble? For plundering and violence are before me; There is strife, and contention arises. Therefore the law is powerless, And ... <a title="Habakkuk&#8217;s Desperate Plea to God" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/habakkuks-desperate-plea-to-god/" aria-label="Read more about Habakkuk&#8217;s Desperate Plea to God">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What is the Rapture?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2020 14:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What is the Rapture? The term Rapture indicates a swift catching up or rescuing of devoted followers of Christ before the terrible events of the Tribulation. Does this mean that some people will not have to live through the holocaust that is coming? YES. Terrible events are coming—the Rapture is your ticket to escape. The ... <a title="What is the Rapture?" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/what-is-the-rapture/" aria-label="Read more about What is the Rapture?">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jesus Lives and Reigns Forever More!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2020 13:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PROPHECY FULFILLED: 💦 &#8220;For my eyes have seen Your salvation, which You have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.” ~ Luke 2:30-32]]></description>
		
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		<title>It is Finished</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2020 16:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PROPHECY FULFILLED: 💦 &#8220;After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. So when Jesus had received the sour ... <a title="It is Finished" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/it-is-finished/" aria-label="Read more about It is Finished">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Justified by His Blood</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2020 00:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PROPHECY FULFILLED: 💦 &#8220;But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, ... <a title="Justified by His Blood" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/justified-by-his-blood/" aria-label="Read more about Justified by His Blood">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>I Have the Keys to Hades and Death</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 23:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PROPHECY FULFILLED: 💦 &#8220;And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, &#8220;Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys ... <a title="I Have the Keys to Hades and Death" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/3896-2/" aria-label="Read more about I Have the Keys to Hades and Death">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>One Shall Die for the Many</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 20:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PROPHECY FULFILLED: 💦 &#8220;And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, &#8220;You know nothing at all, nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.&#8221; Now this he did not say on his own authority; ... <a title="One Shall Die for the Many" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/3892-2/" aria-label="Read more about One Shall Die for the Many">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>We Sheep Have Gone Astray</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PROPHECY FULFILLED:&#160;💦&#160;&#8220;For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: &#8220;WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH&#8221;; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to ... <a title="We Sheep Have Gone Astray" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/we-sheep-have-gone-astray/" aria-label="Read more about We Sheep Have Gone Astray">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Despised and Rejected of Men</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PROPHECY FULFILLED: 💦 &#8220;Then Jesus said to them, &#8220;You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, &#8216;I WILL STRIKE DOWN THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP OF THE FLOCK SHALL BE SCATTERED.&#8221; ~ Matthew 26:31]]></description>
		
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		<title>He Will Raise Us Up on the Last Day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PROPHECY FULFILLED: 💦 "Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me. And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.…" ~ John 6:36-39]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Fig Tree and God&#8217;s Coming Wrath</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[🔥 &#8220;Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry.&#160;And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and FOUND NOTHING ON IT BUT LEAVES, and said to it, &#8220;Let no fruit grow on you ever again.&#8221; Immediately the fig tree withered away.&#160;And when the disciples saw it, ... <a title="The Fig Tree and God&#8217;s Coming Wrath" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/3879-2/" aria-label="Read more about The Fig Tree and God&#8217;s Coming Wrath">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>From Sorrow to Righteous Anger</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2020 22:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[💦 Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. And He said to them, &#8220;It is written, &#8216;MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER,&#8217; but ... <a title="From Sorrow to Righteous Anger" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/from-sorrow-to-righteous-anger/" aria-label="Read more about From Sorrow to Righteous Anger">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Palm Sunday&#8217;s Day of Sorrow</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 22:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donkey]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[💦 PALM SUNDAY: &#8220;And when Jesus drew near and saw Jerusalem, HE WEPT over it, saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade ... <a title="Palm Sunday&#8217;s Day of Sorrow" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/palm-sundays-day-of-sorrow/" aria-label="Read more about Palm Sunday&#8217;s Day of Sorrow">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Everlasting Mercy of God</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2019 14:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.” (Psalm 136:1) God’s mercy is a monumental theme in Scripture. The English word appears some 341 times in the Bible. The four Hebrew and three Greek words appear a total of 454 times and are also translated by “kindness,” ... <a title="The Everlasting Mercy of God" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/the-everlasting-mercy-of-god/" aria-label="Read more about The Everlasting Mercy of God">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why We are Lonely</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.” (Psalm 142:4) This is one of the saddest verses in the Bible. To be all alone, not knowing where to find refuge from problems that bear heavily at times—this ... <a title="Why We are Lonely" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/lonely/" aria-label="Read more about Why We are Lonely">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Featured Audio: What God Says About Alcohol</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 23:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There seems to be no greater confusion and misinformation discussed amongst believers than the subject of alcohol. Does the bible grant a &#8220;pass&#8221; when it comes to social drinking? Should drinking alcohol be avoided altogether. What does the bible really say about it?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Manna at the Banquet Table</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2019 17:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” (Mark 12:30-31) The hymn “Brethren, We Have Met to Worship” ... <a title="Manna at the Banquet Table" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/manna-at-the-banquet-table/" aria-label="Read more about Manna at the Banquet Table">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Praying for the Lost</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 23:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” (Revelation 21:8) Intercessory prayer in church must not be for other believers only, but also for unbelievers. Many ... <a title="Praying for the Lost" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/3848-2/" aria-label="Read more about Praying for the Lost">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>God&#8217;s Provision for His People</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 01:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Provision]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19) Psalm 136 gives three key examples of God’s sovereign provision. He protects and shelters during our times in the “wilderness.” He makes possible victories over great “enemies.” And he gives “food to all flesh.” God’s detailed ... <a title="God&#8217;s Provision for His People" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/gods-provision-for-his-people/" aria-label="Read more about God&#8217;s Provision for His People">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jesus Purges His Father&#8217;s House</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 22:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.” (Psalm 69:9) After spending a few days at Capernaum, Jesus, His family, and His disciples traveled to Jerusalem to observe the Passover (John 2:12-13). The huge temple complex, rebuilt by Herod, had been ... <a title="Jesus Purges His Father&#8217;s House" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/jesus-purges-his-fathers-house/" aria-label="Read more about Jesus Purges His Father&#8217;s House">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Featured Audio: What God Says About Gossip</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 23:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[🎓 The church is facing an epidemic of biblical proportion; The practice of gossip. It is not surprising then, that God names the practice of gossip as a sin that He hates. This teaching will expose the reasons we gossip and how we can stop it.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Miracle at Cana</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cana]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.” (John 2:11) Right after His baptism and the time of spiritual intensity in the wilderness, Jesus returned to Galilee and attended a wedding celebration at Cana, some nine miles north of Nazareth, with Mary ... <a title="The Miracle at Cana" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/the-miracle-at-cana/" aria-label="Read more about The Miracle at Cana">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fulfilled Prophecy: The Virgin Birth of Messiah</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 19:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“The LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.” (Jeremiah 31:22) The entire gospel authority rests on the fact of the sinless life of the Lord Jesus—beginning with His conception. “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, ... <a title="Fulfilled Prophecy: The Virgin Birth of Messiah" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/fulfilled-prophecy-the-virgin-birth-of-messiah/" aria-label="Read more about Fulfilled Prophecy: The Virgin Birth of Messiah">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Watering Down the Word of God</title>
		<link>https://codybateman.org/watering-down-the-word-of-god/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2019 16:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[compromise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[error]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[false]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” (Revelation 22:19) It is a very serious error to try to ... <a title="Watering Down the Word of God" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/watering-down-the-word-of-god/" aria-label="Read more about Watering Down the Word of God">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Spot a False Prophet and Teacher</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2019 16:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[devil]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://codybateman.org/?p=3824</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Jesus warned us that “false Christs and false prophets” will come and will attempt to deceive even God’s elect (Matthew 24:23-27; see also 2 Peter 3:3 and Jude 17-18). The best way to guard yourself against falsehood and false teachers is to know the truth. To spot a counterfeit, study the real thing. Any believer ... <a title="How to Spot a False Prophet and Teacher" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/how-to-spot-a-false-prophet-and-teacher/" aria-label="Read more about How to Spot a False Prophet and Teacher">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Seducing Spirits</title>
		<link>https://codybateman.org/3808-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[conscience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[false]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.” (1 Timothy 4:1) These “latter days” are surely characterized by the tragic departure from the faith on the part of many. Unfortunately, even many of our churches have followed what ... <a title="Seducing Spirits" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/3808-2/" aria-label="Read more about Seducing Spirits">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Prayer of Faith</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2019 21:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[double-minded]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.” (James 5:15) Without examining the various interpretations of this somewhat controversial passage, we merely note that one of the main ingredients of effective praying is faith. There are ... <a title="The Prayer of Faith" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/the-prayer-of-faith/" aria-label="Read more about The Prayer of Faith">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Featured Audio: What God Says About Anger</title>
		<link>https://codybateman.org/featured-audio-what-god-says-about-anger/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[anger]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://codybateman.org/?p=3771</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[🎓 Do you know of someone who is struggling with anger? Perhaps you are the one struggling. The bible has much to say on the subject of anger. Presented by renowned bible teacher, Dr. David Hocking, four areas are addressed: Why do we get anger? When is it right to be angry? When is it ... <a title="Featured Audio: What God Says About Anger" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/featured-audio-what-god-says-about-anger/" aria-label="Read more about Featured Audio: What God Says About Anger">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>When Our Lord Comes!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[afraid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://codybateman.org/?p=3769</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[“After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.” (Genesis 15:1) This is the first of the great “I am’s” of Scripture, and it was given to Father Abraham at a time of both great victory and ... <a title="When Our Lord Comes!" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/when-our-lord-comes/" aria-label="Read more about When Our Lord Comes!">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>When Nations Forget God</title>
		<link>https://codybateman.org/3766-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2019 15:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[eternal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heaven]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” (Psalm 9:17) The subject of hell is widely ignored today, even by evangelical teachers and pastors. Heaven is commonly mentioned at funerals, of course, since almost everyone attending a funeral wants to think that the deceased has gone there (assuming there ... <a title="When Nations Forget God" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/3766-2/" aria-label="Read more about When Nations Forget God">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Spirits of Truth and Error</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2019 17:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[error]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swine]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://codybateman.org/?p=3762</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[“We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.” (1 John 4:6) Here we are given assurance that we will be able to tell the difference in people by the way they respond ... <a title="The Spirits of Truth and Error" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/the-spirits-of-truth-and-error/" aria-label="Read more about The Spirits of Truth and Error">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Please the Lord</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 17:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infirmities]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://codybateman.org/?p=3764</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[“Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.” (2 Corinthians 5:9) In this verse, Paul expresses the strong desire to be “pleasing to” (the idea behind “accepted of”) the Lord Jesus Christ. It should likewise be our own ambition—whatever we do and wherever we are—to please Him. This, of ... <a title="How to Please the Lord" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/how-to-please-the-lord/" aria-label="Read more about How to Please the Lord">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>We Are the Saints of Our Living God</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Believer]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you. All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar’s household.” (Philippians 4:21-22) The apostle Paul typically began and ended most of his church epistles with greetings to and from “the saints.” The context in each case shows that this ... <a title="We Are the Saints of Our Living God" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/we-are-the-saints-of-our-living-god/" aria-label="Read more about We Are the Saints of Our Living God">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Incarnate Wisdom</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[creation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://codybateman.org/?p=3749</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[“The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.” (Proverbs 8:22-23) The book of Proverbs repeatedly extols the virtues of true wisdom, founded on the fear of the Lord. In the eighth chapter, however, beginning ... <a title="The Incarnate Wisdom" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/the-incarnate-wisdom/" aria-label="Read more about The Incarnate Wisdom">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sin&#8217;s Scars</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 22:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[No More Compromise]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.” (Judges 16:21) The sad end of mighty Samson, who once had been so greatly energized and utilized by the Lord, is also an allegory ... <a title="Sin&#8217;s Scars" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/sins-scars/" aria-label="Read more about Sin&#8217;s Scars">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Practicing Righteousness</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[holy spirit]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.” (1 John 3:7) Every genuine Christian knows that part of the salvation gift is the promise of being made “unblameable in holiness” (1 Thessalonians 3:13). We sometimes have trouble, however, with the concept of present-tense holiness in ... <a title="Practicing Righteousness" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/practicing-righteousness/" aria-label="Read more about Practicing Righteousness">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Bag with Holes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kingdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.” (Haggai 1:6) This biting description of a frustrating ... <a title="A Bag with Holes" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/a-bag-with-holes/" aria-label="Read more about A Bag with Holes">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Song of the Rock</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[deliverer]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.” (2 Samuel 22:1) This is the first verse of a remarkable poem inserted here near the end of 2 Samuel. ... <a title="Song of the Rock" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/song-of-the-rock/" aria-label="Read more about Song of the Rock">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Living in the Land of Mercy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2019 05:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.” (Psalm 145:8) Not one of us deserves God’s mercy, for “we have turned every one to his own way” (Isaiah 53:6), and “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). What we deserve is death ... <a title="Living in the Land of Mercy" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/living-in-the-land-of-mercy/" aria-label="Read more about Living in the Land of Mercy">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Destroy Them, O Lord</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Cody Bateman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2019 16:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[judgment]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.” (Psalm 5:10) No less than 20 of the psalms contain what are known as “imprecations” — that is, prayers to God to judge and destroy the wicked — ... <a title="Destroy Them, O Lord" class="read-more" href="https://codybateman.org/destroy-them-o-lord/" aria-label="Read more about Destroy Them, O Lord">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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