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		<title>The Absurdity of Legislating Sexual Morality</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to joke that there was a glaring, if not largely ignored, loophole in all anti-prostitution laws across the United States. It seemed to me that, if any house of ill repute wanted easily to skirt the laws against money for sex, they simply needed to set up cameras in each boudoir and claim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tales of a Male “Preacher’s Wife”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This is excerpted from my full article featured this month in Sojourners Magazine and on the Sojourners website.) MY WIFE IS a pastor. Specifically, she’s the senior pastor of a prominent church in downtown Portland, Ore. I’m on staff too, but only part-time, and she enjoys telling people she’s my boss. Technically, I answer to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CultureCast: Game Church, Jason Collins &amp; Amy on Driscoll</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our guest this week is Drew Dixon, the editor-in-chief of GameChurch.com. Drew talks to us about video games, and their value within faith and culture. Later, in the Echo Chamber, the gang discusses Jason Collins, the first NBA player to come out of the closet. Then we talk about Mark Driscoll, and his latest controversy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hey, Wise Guy! (Heretic’s Guide Study for Sunday, May 26th, 2013)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/christianpiatt/?p=3838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a sampler of the full content offered at Heretic&#8217;s Guide to the Bible. Click the banner above or below to connect with the full weekly studies, live chats, videos and a growing Heretic&#8217;s Guide community. Bible Cliff’s Notes (My dog ate my Bible!) First Reading Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Wisdom (a feminine figure) longs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Sign Epic Fails, “Yo Momma” Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 01:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/christianpiatt/?p=3829</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My mom struggled through nine months carrying me, hours of painful labor and a C-section just to bring me into the world. So I got her a card. I figure we&#8217;re even.]]></description>
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		<title>A Case for the Magic Money Machine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 23:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/christianpiatt/?p=3823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m no economist, so I&#8217;m expecting that someone who understands global commerce better than I will set me straight. But until then&#8230; I, like a lot of people, am concerned about American foreign debt. It threatens to compromise the overall value of our currency and is mortgaging the future of multiple generations to come. We&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Cheerleaders Don’t Convert You, Chuck Norris Will</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/christianpiatt/?p=3817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You know, I always hedge when people ask me where I&#8217;m from, because the second I tell them I was born and raised in Texas, all kinds of stereotypes pop up in the conversation. Yes, I can read. No, I&#8217;m not a Republican. Yes, I&#8217;m a Christian. No, not that kind. No, I don&#8217;t ride [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus in Space (Video Run-Down for Sunday, May 12th)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 22:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Piatt</dc:creator>
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		<title>Holy Rollers and Drunk Disciples</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 18:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bible Cliff’s Notes (My dog ate my Bible!) Gospel John 14:8-17, 25-27 Phillips still doesn’t get that Jesus and God “the Father” are one and the same. But Jesus gets over being annoyed pretty quickly and assures him that he (and we) can and will do even greater things than Jesus when we do them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rights, Power, Sexuality and the Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found an interesting pair of articles on Huffington Post&#8217;s religion page today. First, there was a story about Newt Gingrich, who claims that, by giving equal rights to LGBT people, we are in turn denying the rights of religious organizations. Then in the second story, the Catholic Church in Ireland has threatened to excommunicate [...]]]></description>
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