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	<title>The Briefing</title>
	
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		<title>Worth the wait</title>
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			<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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		<title>Alain de Botton interviewed →</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 04:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve said before, I&#8217;m simultaneously fascinated and unconvinced by Alain de Botton&#8217;s Religion for Atheists. Brian Rosner recently interviewed de Botton for the Centre for Public Christianity:

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		<title>Keep the faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 22:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[When the evangelist Graham Daniels wrote a little book about the gospel for non-Christians, he insightfully called it My Mate’s Gone Mad. For a new Christian, making changes to their life that their friends find mystifying, the book’s title makes it easy to give away. That’s what everyone’s...<br/>
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		<title>Back to the Beginning (2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 22:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/?p=17764</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Following on from my previous post, I am still thinking of beginnings. This time it is in a different way.

I am in Wheaton, Illinois this week. I’m attending a Charles Simeon Trust workshop for people who teach the Bible. I am here as a participant as well as on behalf of Matthias Media. Vaughan...<br/>
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		<title>The Next Story: Life and Faith after the Digital Explosion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 22:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s hard to think of anyone better equipped than Tim Challies to write a book about the impact of technology on the Christian life. He’s a husband, father, and pastor; a web designer by trade; and a popular evangelical blogger (at challies.com). Living a life interrupted by the ‘beep’, in the glow...<br/>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 22:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It has been some time since I posted last. I am supposed to be posting a short piece every week. Further, I am to be writing one longer piece every month. I haven’t lived up to either commitment yet. I haven’t come close.  (more…)<br/>
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		<title>What is distinctive about the ministries of women?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 22:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As I said in The Briefing #398, these are some of my  reflections on what God has taught me about the ministries of women. Following on from the importance of women in ministry considering themselves to be Bible teachers and of cultivating joy in evangelism, in this article I want to talk about the...<br/>
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