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		<title>What We Know about Arius and His Heresy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2017 19:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Trinity is a mystery to us in many ways, but Scripture and tradition give us language and concepts that allow us to affirm the doctrine.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Two Tools that Make My PhD Life Easier</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 20:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When you're a PhD student, just about anything helps.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Sermon on the Mount and Jesus&#8217;s Command to &#8220;Be Perfect&#8221;</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[What does it mean to "be perfect," especially in light of the fact that we know no one is or can be perfect in a sinful world?]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why Did the Book of Revelation Outlast Other Early Christian Apocalypses?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon D. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 19:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Revelation's theology stood out from the crowd in a time when sloppy language about God wasn't being tolerated.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Blood Moons, Babylonian Whores, and Reading Revelation Rightly</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fearful chart-making and number-decoding distorts the point of the Book of Revelation.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jesus, Jonah, and Doubting God</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon D. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2017 11:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If we’re like Jonah, we’ll confess God’s sovereignty without trusting in it. But if we’re like Jesus’s disciples, we’ll cry out to the God of the Universe, and he’ll give us peace.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Writing Is a Terrible God</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon D. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As with any work in a fallen world, it makes you sweat.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Best Introductions to the Book of Revelation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon D. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2017 11:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For anyone hasn't read much on Revelation, I usually recommend four short and (relatively) accessible introductions.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Smorgasbord (8/4/17)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2017 11:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A mishmash of thoughts, scraps, and interesting stuff.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Should Pastors Read Widely? A Plea for Caution</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon D. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2017 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[They say that reading widely is a way for the pastor to grow into a "holistic" and "well-rounded" leader.]]></description>
		
		
		
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