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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2016 21:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Gospels reveal that Jesus emancipated first-century women from second-class citizenship in God’s Kingdom; he challenged the dominant culture of his day and overturned the accepted interpretations of the Hebrew Scriptures. For Jesus, we see in the Gospels that his radical inclusion of women and his elevation of their status in society was in keeping [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 16:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to missional leader Mike Breen, a disciple is someone who is learning to have the character and the competency of Jesus. It’s about faithfulness and fruit. Or as Dallas Willard once described it: a disciple is what it would look like if Jesus were you. “As a disciple of Jesus… I am learning from [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Exciting News &#038; Upcoming Changes!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David D. Flowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello friends and followers of the blog, I wanted to share some exciting new developments in the life of my family and ministry. As many of you know, my family left Texas at the end of 2013 to follow the Spirit&#8217;s leading to reenter vocational ministry. In January of 2014, I began pastoring Christiansburg Mennonite Fellowship in Southwest Virginia. The last few [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Jesus Rope-a-Doped the Devil</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David D. Flowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The phrase &#8220;rope-a-dope&#8221; refers to a boxing tactic of pretending to be trapped against the ropes, goading an opponent to throw tiring ineffective punches. Muhammad Ali popularized this technique in his 1974 boxing match against George Foreman. Ali allowed Foreman to angrily swing away at him against the ropes, leading Foreman to eventually punch himself out in the process. It [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Palm Sunday, Partisan Politics &#038; the Power of the Cross</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David D. Flowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2016 18:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We remember it in the church as Palm Sunday. This is the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. It&#8217;s the day when Jesus of Nazareth pre-planned a comical, yet prophetic event, in order to fulfill Zechariah’s prophecy of the coming Messiah (Zech 9:9). Jesus literally acts it out. It&#8217;s no coincidence. At the same time Pilate [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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