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	<title>The Briefing</title>
	
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		<title>Cynicism and God Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Other than in God’s Word, I haven’t recently come across something that exposes me for who I am as much as this quote:  (more…)<br/>
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		<title>→ What shall I preach on next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bible study aids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preaching]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/?p=17895</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[John Percival at Unashamed Workman asks 7 questions during the process of deciding on the broad shape of a preaching program—useful thoughts for anyone putting together a teaching series, whether it&#8217;s a congregational preaching programme, a youth group series, what to look at together in a...<br/>
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		<title>Building new engines</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 22:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Stewart | Tony Payne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Church planting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/?p=17320</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In his recent Briefing article ‘What is church for?’, Phillip Jensen suggested that we are “somewhere between everywhere and nowhere as to the importance of church”.1 The same could be said about church planting.  (more…)<br/>
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		<title>BCP’s 350th!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 02:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Church history]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/?p=17881</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I love my historical anniversaries. (Regular readers will know this, as do members of my church!) Anyway, 350 years ago today, on 19 May 1662, The Act of Uniformity received the royal assent in England. This enforced use of the Book of Common Prayer. There is a sad side to compelling the...<br/>
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		<title>Suffer the little children</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The political pressure to redefine the meaning of marriage has recently become more intense and obvious in certain English-speaking countries. But you might have noticed that the vast majority of people in our society aren&#8217;t particularly concerned by these developments. Why is that?...<br/>
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		<title>→ A debating trick gone wrong?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Atheism]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In a recent audio podcast from Freakonomics called &#8220;Soul Possession&#8221; they talk to a Christian guy who in debating atheists would try to buy their soul, since they placed no value in it&#8230; and also to the guy who took him up on his offer.  (more…)<br/>
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		<title>Worth the wait</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Complementarianism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/?p=17369</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Should I decline to co-lead a Bible study if there are men in the group? Should I cover my head (and if so, would an old towel do)? Should I keep silent during the public question time in church at the end of the Bible talk? To whom am I to submit, since I don’t have a husband—to all men? In...<br/>
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		<title>→ Why do our churches seem so different</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/?p=17868</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Kevin de Young:

Have you ever been talking to a pastor or someone from another church and it seems like you should be kindred spirits. The person you meet is obviously a warm-hearted, sincere Christian. They don’t have a problem with any of the doctrines you mention as precious to you and your...<br/>
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		<title>Links</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 21:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[You may have noticed some slightly different posts over the last couple of days. We&#8217;re adding a fairly regular link section here, highlighting something of interest elsewhere.1 The title of the post will have an arrow (→) in it, and clicking on it will take you directly to the external link,...<br/>
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		<title>→ A talk on gender</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 21:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A thought-provoking talk from Andrew Errington on gender, given to the Christian group at Sydney University:

In fact, what we see here, I think, is a practice that is in a profound sense one of freedom. This may seem ridiculous, but I believe it is true, and indeed, at the heart of what the...<br/>
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