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	<title type="text">Pilgrim’s Progress</title>
	<subtitle type="text">Cultural commentary on issues related to life, liberty and the pursuit of God</subtitle>

	<updated>2010-03-09T03:57:32Z</updated>
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			<name>Brian Hobbs</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[&#8216;Beyond Capitalism and Socialism&#8217;]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com/?p=1370</id>
		<updated>2010-03-09T03:57:32Z</updated>
		<published>2010-03-09T03:57:18Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com" term="Economics" /><category scheme="http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com" term="The Family" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[One of my favorite public intellectuals, Dr. Allan Carlson, does it again with this masterpiece:
Eighteen months of severe recession have brought to the surface old truths that many chose to forget when times seemed to be good:  the business cycle has not been eliminated; finance capitalism is by its nature unstable; politically-connected corporations commonly [...]]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>Brian Hobbs</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Quote of the Day]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com/?p=1368</id>
		<updated>2010-03-04T04:07:46Z</updated>
		<published>2010-03-04T04:07:46Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com" term="Quotable Quotes" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Though liberals do a great deal of talking about hearing other points of view, it sometimes shocks them to learn that there are other points of view.
-William F. Buckley, Jr.
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Brian Hobbs</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Obama Healthcare Bill Protects Elective Abortion]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com/?p=1364</id>
		<updated>2010-03-01T16:36:32Z</updated>
		<published>2010-03-01T16:34:27Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com" term="Politics" /><category scheme="http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com" term="Pro-Life" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[According to  this new analysis from the Southern Baptist&#8217;s Ethics &#38; Religious Liberty Commission, the President&#8217;s health care plan advances abortion, in that:

funding goes to Planned Parenthood;
subsidies go toward insurance plans that  cover elective abortions; and
there is no language in the bill that speaks to  barring federal funding of elective abortions.

This  [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jason Lee</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[You&#8217;re Doing It Wrong]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com/?p=1361</id>
		<updated>2010-02-25T16:18:45Z</updated>
		<published>2010-02-25T16:18:45Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com" term="Christianity" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[A few days ago on Twitter, I said this: &#8220;If you&#8217;re living your Christian faith in a way that no one knows you have one, you&#8217;re doing it wrong.&#8221; I&#8217;d like to discuss that in a bit more detail.
In Christian circles, we talk a lot about a &#8220;personal faith&#8221; in Jesus Christ, or a &#8220;personal [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Jason Lee</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Clarity on McLaren]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com/?p=1351</id>
		<updated>2010-02-25T15:39:06Z</updated>
		<published>2010-02-25T15:39:06Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com" term="Christianity" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Brian McLaren is &#8220;a prominent, controversial voice in the emergent church movement.&#8221;  Like many in the emergent church movement, though, he has been, at least for me and apparently a few others, difficult to pin down on exactly what he thinks.  That has all changed, it seems, with the publication of his book, [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Brian Hobbs</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Quote of the Day]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com/?p=1348</id>
		<updated>2010-02-24T15:23:32Z</updated>
		<published>2010-02-24T15:23:32Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com" term="Quotable Quotes" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[&#8220;No man is justified in doing evil on the grounds of expediency.&#8221;
-Theodore Roosevelt
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Brian Hobbs</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Quote of the Day]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com/?p=1346</id>
		<updated>2010-02-19T03:04:55Z</updated>
		<published>2010-02-19T03:04:55Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com" term="Quotable Quotes" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Bearing ourselves humbly before God &#8230; we await undismayed the impending assault &#8230; be the ordeal sharp or long, or both, we shall seek no terms, we shall tolerate no parlay; we may show mercy – we shall ask for none.
&#8211;Sir Winston Churchill, BBC Broadcast, London, July 14, 1940
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Brian Hobbs</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Happy St. Valentine&#8217;s Day!]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com/?p=1341</id>
		<updated>2010-02-15T03:45:47Z</updated>
		<published>2010-02-15T03:44:32Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com" term="Christianity" /><category scheme="http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com" term="History" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[
Not V-Day. Not even plain Valentine&#8217;s Day.
I hope everyone had a happy Saint Valentine&#8217;s Day!
This is not the best writing on his life, but read about Valentinus: priest, bishop, martyr, true Christian saint.

]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>Chris Doyle</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Oklahoma House Panel Passes Bill To Permit Bible Taught In School]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com/?p=1337</id>
		<updated>2010-02-12T18:05:56Z</updated>
		<published>2010-02-12T18:05:56Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com" term="America" /><category scheme="http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com" term="Politics" /><category scheme="http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com" term="The Scriptures" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[A panel of Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Bill 2321 which allows &#8220;the state Board of Education to adopt guidelines for the nonsectarian, nonreligious academic study of the Bible and its influence on literature, art, music, culture and politics.&#8221;
&#8220;This lays some ground fire to back these teachers who would like to refer to the [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Brian Hobbs</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Quote of the Day]]></title>
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		<id>http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com/?p=1335</id>
		<updated>2010-02-12T04:14:20Z</updated>
		<published>2010-02-12T04:14:20Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://www.pilgrimsprogressok.com" term="Quotable Quotes" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[&#8220;I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.&#8221;
- Abraham Lincoln
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