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<description><![CDATA[BA in Bible, MA in Religion, and additional graduate studies in exegesis, Greek, Hebrew, Theological German, church history, and theology. 25 years of teaching on college level, public speaking, workshops, and seminars. Publications include       Overcoming: A Study Guide for the Book of Revelation, the Christian and the Money Trap, Can we solve the 666 puzzle?, and numerous articles and editorials.]]></description>
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<title>Blame Game Goes Into Overtime - Accepting Responsibility For Failures is Key to Being Forgiven</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Adam blamed Eve, Eve blamed the Serpent, and so it's gone ever since. Will no one stand up and say, "It's my fault. I accept responsibility"? Only One has been willing to bear the blame, to take on the mistakes of others and carry the load successfully. Yet he only bears the burdens of those willing to admit their mistakes.]]></description>
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<title>Ask, Seek, Knock - Two Beggars Could Teach Us Plenty</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:03:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As we watch, two homeless men slowly make their way through town. The older teaches the younger how to survive. Any spiritual lessons here?]]></description>
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<title>G-Harmony - Just Who, or What, Are You Looking For?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:51:17 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What if God filled out a dating service questionnaire? Do you know what He's looking for? Would you be willing to have a relationship with Him on these terms?]]></description>
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<title>Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit - Still Possible Today? Why is it Unforgivable?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:07:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Jesus warned that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is an unforgivable sin. But what is it, why is it unforgivable, and could anyone today commit it? Should we just accept uncritically the claims of self-appointed prophets, tongues-speakers, and faith healers to avoid this sin?]]></description>
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<title>Lord's Supper Meditation - His Heart is With Us</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:08:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered whether you were an unwanted guest at a big holiday meal? It makes you very uncomfortable when you feel so out of place. At the Lord's table, you can cast away such a concern, because your Host's great gift is so reassuring.]]></description>
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<title>Jesus the Magician? Archaeological Find Unlikely As Earliest Reference to Jesus Christ</title>
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<description><![CDATA[When archaeologists excavating in the ancient harbor of Alexandria, Egypt, discovered what appeared to be a soothsayer's bowl, they were intrigued by the inscription, DIA CHRSTOU GAISTAIS, which they translated "through Christ the magician." If their suggestion that this refers to Jesus Christ is correct, the engraving is the earliest extrabiblical reference to Jesus yet discovered. We examine the evidence and compare this find with another extrabiblical reference to Jesus as an exorcist. Are the archaeologists right, or are they trying to conjure up some headlines for their excavation?]]></description>
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<title>Beware of the Fall</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:15:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Lying in in a body cast in a semi-private room makes you think. "I ought to be dead," you say to yourself. "A fall of 100 feet--wow!" My life was spared, that much is obvious. But spared for what? And why? Skilled physicians can mend broken bones, but the deeper injuries remain untreated from an earlier fall, a fall from grace.]]></description>
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<title>Crown of Death Or Crown of Life?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:02:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A golden crown of oak leaves newly discovered at ancient Aigai illustrates the "crown of righteousness" the Apostle Paul describes and the "crown of life" in the Book of Revelation. The vital question we must ask is, Who will wear this crown, and why?]]></description>
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<title>New Testament Origins - How Did it Happen?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[You may be surprised to learn that the New Testament is actually a library of 27 separate documents. Under what circumstances were all of these written? How did they come to be collected? What authority do they claim on our lives today?]]></description>
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<title>Christianty's Central Claim - What is It?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:04:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you only had an elevator ride to share the good news of Jesus with someone, what would you say? Or maybe your curiosity about Christianity only goes that far; you'll allow yourself about two minutes to hear what it's all about. You might be asking, "What's in it for me?" Take a look at a contemporary "elevator speech" about Christ and His message, then "go deeper" by studying some nearly 2,000 years old.]]></description>
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<title>Judgment Day - Ready For That First Knock?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:18:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Talk about Judgment Day and most people wince. But Jesus pictured it as a time of joy. What made the difference? The quality of the relationship between the Lord and his servants. Listen to Jesus explain how faithful servants anticipate His return.]]></description>
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<title>Lord's Supper Communion Means We're One, Right?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The term "communion" to describe the Lord's Supper comes from 1 Corinthians 10:16-17, in which Paul says the bread and the wine are a "communion" (or "participation," or "sharing," or "fellowship") in the body and blood of the Lord. If we truly are sharing with the Lord in this memorial meal, what does that sharing do to our relationship to each other? Should you partake as if you were all alone, communing with the Lord as an isolated individual?]]></description>
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<title>Sunday Assemblies - The Christian Call To Huddle</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:48:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Going to church has often been compared to attending a football game. But a better analogy would be to make church services the gridiron's huddles. What you do there determines whether you win the game, but the huddle is not the game. Let's take a closer look at the huddles of four teams. Which understands how to use their allotted 40 seconds to win the game?]]></description>
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<title>Prince Caspian - Our Inner Child Finds A New Hero</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 16:47:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The new Andrew Adamson film continues the "Chronicles" adventures in a spectacular way. It yanks us into Narnia much as the heroes themselves are summoned by an irresistible blowing of a magical battle horn. This time the four Pevensie children don't find Narnia--Narnia finds them. They return to help a prince reclaim his rightful throne. But will there be help enough? Will Aslan return to set all right? "Prince Caspian" forces us to ask ourselves, can we find the courage, do we have the loyalty, is our faith strong enough for the desperate battle ahead?]]></description>
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<title>Jesus' Folded Napkin at Empty Tomb - Does It Mean &quot;I'll Be Right Back&quot;?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 11:56:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Arriving at the empty tomb of Jesus early on the Sunday morning after the crucifixion, Peter and John found that the cloth covering Jesus' face had been folded or rolled up. Does this refer to an ancient rule of table etiquette as many e-mails argue? If the answer is no, what significance does it really have?]]></description>
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<title>Violin Lost On Train - Wake-up Call for Us All?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:57:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When 67-year-old Rob Napier walked off the 12:18 from Paddington, he left behind on the luggage rack above his seat a valuable Goffriller violin. What is valuable in your life that you are in danger of losing through inattention or neglect?]]></description>
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<title>Bible Study Tools - Can Contextual Analysis Help Us Understand the Bible?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:05:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[During a discussion of the Bible, have you ever heard anyone complain, "You're taking that verse out of context"? What is context and how can a contextual analysis help us understand a biblical passage? Care for a demonstration? ]]></description>
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<title>The Real Issue of 666 - Not The Mark of The Beast but How Will You Handle Your Money?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:19:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For centuries, people have been intrigued about the meaning of 666 and the famous "Mark of the Beast." But that puzzle is only a distraction from the main, and much more important, message of Revelation 13:16-18.]]></description>
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<title>Audience of One - A New Take on the Sunday Assembly</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:07:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ever attended a free concert? At its conclusion, or as you walk out in the middle, you might have reminded yourself, "You get what you pay for." But have you ever been to a concert where you sat among the musicians? This one was full of surprises, with the most astounding of them coming after the last musical flourish. ]]></description>
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<title>The Christ Child - Burst of Light Out of the Darkest Midnight</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:50:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, the greatest woes fall upon us just after our greatest joys. Sometimes also, in our deepest, darkest midnight, a radiant light of hope bursts forth. In an era beset with the gloom of assassination a war, two holy prophets predicted a coming Child, the great light for those sitting in darkness. Such a burst of brilliance is just what we often need to transform our despair into delight.]]></description>
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<title>True Guilt or Guilt Feelings? What's Your Spiritual Diagnosis? What's the Remedy?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:30:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is there a difference between feeling well and being well? Is there a distinction between feeling innocent and being innocent? What makes us feel guilty? How do we get rid, not only of the guilt feelings, but the guilt itself? What would this do to our self esteem?]]></description>
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<title>Decalogue &amp; Covenant - Does God Want People Today to Obey the Law of Moses?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:03:31 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do the "Thou shalt nots" of the 10 Commandments remaining God's standard for morality even today? If so, on what basis? If not, what if anything stands in their place to guide us in our morality and ethics?]]></description>
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<title>What is the Greek Text Behind the King James (Authorised) Version?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:54:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[New Testament textual criticism has come a long way since the first Greek New Testament appeared in 1516, or even since 1611, with the beloved King James Version was first published. Has the underlying Greek text improved since then? On what basis do modern textual critics make their decisions? You may find the answers surprising.]]></description>
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<title>Eat My Flesh, Drink My Blood</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:00:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When Jesus demanded that people eat his flesh and drink his blood, was he advocating a suicidal cannibalism? Or was his metaphor calling people to a new kind of relationship with himself? What does it mean to eat his flesh and drink his blood? And how is the related to the communion Christians have with Jesus in the Lord's Supper?]]></description>
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<title>Law of Moses - Time to Go Deeper Than Just the Ten Commandments</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:46:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ever wish there were a "Law of Moses for Newbies"? Here is a quick summary of the essential elements of the Law of Moses. At least this will get you started out in the right direction if you want to go deeper.]]></description>
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<title>Adulterous Woman's Letter to Her Ex-Lover</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:24:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We look over the shoulder of a woman scratching out a letter on papyrus with a reed pen. She looks familiar--where have we seen her before? Ah, yes! Now we know who she is. The woman dragged before the Teacher, surrounded by men ready to stone her to death for adultery. Yet she lives, spared on a technicality when the witnesses against her refused to do their duty. What is this letter she writes in such haste? To whom does she write? To the man who abandoned her to the poisonous righteous? What would she have to say to him?]]></description>
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<title>Nativity Story: The Still Small Voice</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:00:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Nativity Story, a New Line Cinema release by director Catherine Hardwicke, avoids drowning out the "still small voice" of the divine in a pyrotechnic display of Hollywood glitz, creative imagination, and a Cecille B. DeMille-style biblical epic. Taking its cue from the Nativity itself, that understatement is a better way to emphasize what is truly significant, a troop of little-known actors recreate the world's best-known story. Here's what is great and not so great about the movie, and what you can do to conduct your own Nativity investigation.]]></description>
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<title>PowerPoint With Punch: Do You Know It When You See It? Four Rules to Enhance Your Presentation</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:24:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Can you tell a poor PowerPoint from a great one? Do you know how to achieve effectiveness in PowerPoint design and avoid common pitfalls? Consider three essential elements that help define what makes a good PowerPoint presentation. Apply four simple rules to enhance the communication punch of your presentations.]]></description>
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<title>Nobel Peace Prize Winner Makes the Kind of Difference All of Us Can Be Part Of</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 06:10:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Prize this year made a surprising but heart-warning choice in Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank. His example challenges the rest of us to not to think our world's problems are irresolvable and even unaddressable. We can make a difference where we are with what we have. This proactive stance goes all the way back to the Friend of Tax Collectors and Sinners. Can we accept the 2000-year-old challenge to invest in the people around us every day?]]></description>
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<title>Holy Spirit - His Effect: Uniting or Dividing?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Scripture says the Holy Spirit is supposed to unite believers? Can we say it has happened? What's wrong with this picture? Whose fault is it? God's?]]></description>
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<title>How to Write a Great Video-Marketing Script</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:25:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Want to produce a great marketing video? It starts with a great script. And great marketing scripts have a few principles in common. Here are eight of them.]]></description>
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<title>World Trade Center Film Zooms in on Teams</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:42:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Oliver Stone movie "World Trade Center" reveals a human side to the tragic events in New York City on September 11, 2001. The film connects us in a very personal way. We watch as people moving independent of each other earlier that morning come together to form teams. As this personal interaction diverts our attention from the impact of the airliners and the toppling of the towers, it presents us with unanticipated challenges and new perspectives.]]></description>
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<title>Bible Authority: What Do Jesus and Paul Say?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:27:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What do you believe about the Bible? Can you accept Jesus for who He claims to be and reject His view of Scripture? What about the Apostle Paul? We examine what Jesus and Paul say about the Old Testament and close with a challenge: you can't have one without the other.]]></description>
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<title>Wholeness: Spiritual Eyes Must Be Keen</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:36:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Spiritually blind people see only half the universe: they are limited to what can be measured by telescope, microscope, and transit. The Great Physician performs a delicate operation to heal our spiritual eyes that we might embrace all of life, encompassing the world of the spirit as well as the world of the flesh. What a difference it makes!]]></description>
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<title>Lamech's Revenge: Israel Pursues Ancient Strategy</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:33:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The strategy of school yard and prison yard is being played out in the villages of Southern Lebanon. It's an ancient strategy that started with the world's first recorded polygamist. Discover its origins and its tragic results. Then explore an alternative God has been unfolding for centuries.]]></description>
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<title>Embryonic Stem Cells Research Bill: Veto Shows Moral Courage</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:22:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[President Bush did the right thing in vetoing the bill to fund embryonic stem cell research, despite tremendous political pressure. He is right that we would be crossing a moral line we shouldn't step over. Take a look at why and explore alternatives to embryonic stem cells.]]></description>
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<title>The Charity, Freedom, and Diversity Party -- Who are You Trying to Fool?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:21:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A pedophilia party employs a marketing technique to justify its unpopular agenda to a skeptical world. Does this same technique occur among other groups? Should we accept pedophilia in the name of diversity, or does diversity have its limits?]]></description>
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<title>Are you Carrying Around a Land Mine?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:11:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A recent incident in a McKinney, Texas, neighborhood prompts us to ponder the destructive nature of the temptation-to sin-to death process. What can we do to discharge the charge before it blows up in our faces?]]></description>
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<title>Da Vinci Code Claims Jesus Married Mary Magdalene But Where's the Proof?</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2006 16:15:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Did Jesus marry Mary Magdalene? The Da Vinci Code says he did. Let's examine the proof Dan Brown gives to support his controversial claim.]]></description>
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<title>Video Production Tips: Improve Eye Contact to Improve Your Results</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 03:05:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Improving eye contact can greatly increase the effectiveness of your videos. Here are some tips from a professional speaker about how to look right into the camera, including the method that far and away outstrips all the others.]]></description>
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<title>Creation Account of Genesis 1: How Would Its Original Audience Hear It?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 11:22:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The creation account of Genesis one ranks among the most discussed portions of Scripture. But do we ever ask ourselves, "What did it mean to the original audience, those former slaves who had just escaped from Egypt?" Grasping the significance for them opens up new meaning for us.]]></description>
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<title>Judas Iscariot? Write a gospel?</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2006 10:04:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The sensationalist news of a newly discovered "Gospel of Judas" has people asking whether, like the "DaVinci Code" suggests, we've been deceived about the true history of Jesus and the apostles. Yet a closer look at the English translation of the document indicates that it does not derive from Christianity at all, but from Gnosticism. And the "Gospel of Judas," like all Gnostic gospels, is hardly good news. Here's why.]]></description>
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<title>Jesus Walked on Ice, Not Water?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:08:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Did Jesus really walk on the water of the Sea of Galilee, or was he actually walking on a patch of ice that the disciples didn't see? We examine this new explanation of one of the most amazing miracles of the Gospels, suggested by a professor of oceanography. Will it freeze faith solid or melt under close scrutiny?]]></description>
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<title>CSI: Creation Scene Investigation</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:41:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The popular T.V. show C.S.I., with its multiple spin-offs, has commanded the attention of millions of viewers across the country. But make those same initials, C.S.I., stand for "Creation Scene Investigation," and you confront a fiercely controversial and intriguing field of study.]]></description>
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<title>April Fool's Day: Playing with Fire</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The history of April Fool's Day along with a warning from the Bible seeks to balance the fun and folly of the practical joke obsession.]]></description>
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<title>Danish Cartoons: Founder Drawn With Same Pen As Followers</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:29:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Who could have predicted that a few cartoons could cause such an uproar? Yet the controversy has something profound to teach us about the two-way connection between religious followers and their leader--be it Muhammad or Jesus Christ.]]></description>
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<title>Pat Robertson on Ariel Sharon's stroke: God's Punishment?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:49:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke a punishment from God for dividing up God's land? So televangelist Pat Robertson suggests, pointing to the Book of Joel. Does Robertson have a point, or is he misapplying the biblical prophet?]]></description>
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<title>Is God Too Big for Just One Religion?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 18:43:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The bumper sticker said: "God is too big for just one religion." We always make God smaller than He really is, never bigger. Even those who seek to justify accepting all religions on an equal footing are trying to diminish God. Here's why.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Professional's Characteristics That Make or Break</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 07:00:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What makes the difference between success and failure in sales? Does one person have an outstanding career while another quits in disgust because of dumb luck, or can almost anyone cultivate the essentials of sales success? What nine characteristics can you develop that will enable you to "win the close ones" more consistently and improve your overall sales success?]]></description>
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<title>Da Vinci Code Already in &quot;The Last Supper&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:58:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["The Da Vinci Code" relabels a figure in Leonardo's "The Last Supper" as Mary Magdalene, a central figure in its tale of mystery and intrigue. Here's why the label won't stick to the fresco.]]></description>
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<title>Forgiveness from God: Three Understandings of the Atonement</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:41:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What was God doing on the cross? The question constitutes a search for understanding of one of the crucial events of human history, perhaps the crucial event. The entire New Testament focuses on the death, burial, and resurrection, events leading up to and flowing from it, its theological significance and ethical implications. We will focus on the deep significance of the atonement, as explained from three perspectives: the dynamic, subjective, and objective views.]]></description>
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<title>God at the Center: Greek Emphatic Word Order in the New Testament</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:22:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you have trouble setting priorities? In the original Greek, the New Testament employs word order to communicate emphasis, but this emphasis seldom survives the translation process. One great example is First Corinthians 3:9, where Paul clearly sets God at the center of church growth, ethics, even all of life.]]></description>
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<title>Creationism and Atheism &quot;By Any Other Name&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:24:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Intelligent Design is an alternative to evolution as an explanation for the origin of life on Planet Earth. But will it fare better than creationism in the courts that monitor church-state issues in public schools? Here's the case of Fitzmiller vs. Dover School Board, whose ruling came on December 20, 2005.]]></description>
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<title>Lion, Witch, Wardrobe, and Gospel: Narnia as Christian Allegory</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:18:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," a Walt Disney Pictures/Walden Media motion picture, introduces millions to the world of Narnia, ruled by a benevolent yet fierce, gigantic lion named Aslan. Fantastic adventure, magical realism, betrayal, and redemption await all who watch. Yet many will be ignorant of the "magic that's deeper still" behind the mysterious country accessible through a wooden cabinet.]]></description>
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<title>Imagine with John Lennon</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 07:33:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The occasion of the 25th anniversary of the death of Beatles legend John Lennon prompts us to reflect on his vision for world peace. Does abandoning Christianity really have the prospect of transforming the world into something better?]]></description>
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<title>Sparrow and Dominoes: Any Spiritual Lessons Here?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:47:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What happens when a sparrow alights on one domino and knocks it over? Not much, unless that domino is in line with close to 4 million others. God has so ordered the spiritual universe that everything aligns with something else in a cause-effect relationship. That can have disastrous effects in our lives, but it is also wonderfully beneficial. Here's why.]]></description>
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<title>Alito Chided by Senator Kennedy for Application Statement</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:40:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is Judge Samuel Alito a person with the integrity and competence to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court? Judge for yourself, after you exercise your own due diligence and sense of fairness.]]></description>
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<title>When Will Mr. 666 Arrive? Or Did We Miss Something?</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2005 07:13:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rejection of a Wisconsin license plate bearing "666" prompts us to explore the superstition surrounding the number, as well as the origin of its diabolical associations. Will the man it identifies appear soon to seduce and then destroy the world community? Or is there a more straightforward solution that most of us have missed?]]></description>
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<title>Bitter or Gracious - Which can change the world?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:37:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A 12-year-old Palestinian boy is shot by Israeli soldiers who think his toy gun is real. How do you respond as his grieving father? Become embittered? Withdraw from everyone? Or can you find a way to help heal the world rather than deepening its wounds? Six Israelis and their families are thankful for the father's choice. What choices can you make that have the potential to change the world?]]></description>
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<title>Electrocution in the Baptistry: Why Risk It?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:44:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A recent electrocution during a baptism forces us to re-examine the mode and purpose of baptism. Is it out of date and out of touch? What does the Bible really teach about the mode and purpose of baptism? What difference does it really make how a person is baptized? ]]></description>
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<title>Bible Knowledge Key Read and Remember</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:06:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The most important thing you can do to start growing in your knowledge of the Scriptures is to read them. I do not mean reading a verse or two now and then, but reading a book of the Bible all the way through. Many people who want to know more about the Bible do not do this simple thing. Once you have read a Bible book several times through...]]></description>
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<title>Postmodern Self-assessment: Pretending Doesn't Make It So</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:06:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How do you assess yourself and others? In ivory towers they say "perception forms reality," but in the real world, we live as if reality exists objectively, independent of our perceptions. Here's an example from an occurrence on a recent Friday night gridiron. Why didn't the touchdown count? ]]></description>
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<title>Heroic Customer Service Ensures Lifelong Loyalty</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:11:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The key to good customer service is meeting your clients' expectations the first time, every time. But if you want to move beyond good customer service, you have to exceed those expectations, maybe not always, but often enough for them to be impressed that you are committed to their needs as much or more than they are themselves. That kind of "heroic" customer service is what makes them loyal.]]></description>
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<title>Supreme Court Justices: Their Business is Our Business</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:41:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The tough work our Supreme Court justices have to do--carefully studying the clauses of the Constitution and of its amendments and interpreting them in context--closely parallels how we should study the Bible. If we want the best results, we have to give it our best efforts.]]></description>
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<title>Pluralism and Modern Christians: Exclusivism in an Inclusivist World</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:44:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Christians constantly face pressure from a pluralist society to acknowledge other religions as having equal validity with Christianity. A loving God, people argue, will not condemn someone who sincerely practices their faith, no matter what the content of that faith might be. Such second-guessing of how God does or does not judge contradicts the Christian mandate to submit to what He has revealed about Himself and the exclusivist nature of His Way of Salvation. Christians cannot be both inclusivists and faithful.]]></description>
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<title>Improving Customer Service: A Role Model If You're Already Good</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:47:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you're already great at customer service, where do you go for inspirtation for further improvement? "It's lonely at the top"--everyone else is imitating you. One solution is to look at leaders in other industries who have earned recognition for their top customer service. One such leader is Nordstrom. Here is a glimpse at the customer service philosophy that has made this retailer successful. Is there anything here your company can imitate? You betcha!]]></description>
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<title>Outlook Tips to Boost Your Productivity</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:22:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly all of us send and receive scores of e-mails every day. But how effective are we at utilizing the sophisticated features of Microsoft Outlook? Here are some tip to rev up your Outlook e-mailing experience. Find out if you are an Outlook newbie, an average Outlook user, or an Outlook superuser.]]></description>
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<title>Face Transplant: Ready for a Truly Extreme Makeover?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:18:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A team of surgeons in Cleveland prepare for the first-ever face transplant. If you could afford it, would you do it? Self-image and self-esteem make a big difference in how successful we are in life. Short of such radical surgery, what can help you come to accept how you look? How can you help others to do the same?]]></description>
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<title>Hurricane Katrina: Values After a &quot;Whoosh!&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:38:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We hustle and bustle too much to take the time to ask ourselves what we really value until something like Hurricane Katrina forces the question into our consciousness. If you lost what the hurricane victims lost, what would you have left that is worth anything to you? Even if you're "sittin' pretty," the mental exercise is worth the effort. You may be in for a reorientation of your values.]]></description>
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<title>Hurricane Katrina and Accountability</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:22:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Katrina forces us to ask, "Who should be held accountable?" Certainly the question is a proper one, for only by determining what went wrong and why (which includes who) can we better prepare for coming disasters. But when we examine the teachings of the Master on accountability, we may find the answer to our question is quite surprising.]]></description>
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<title>Environmentalism &amp; the London Zoo: Are Humans a Plague Species? Are We Just Animals?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:20:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Explaining why the London Zoo has included human beings in their zoo, zoo officials said they wanted to present humans as a "plague species" and show their place in the ecosystem. Does this promote ecology or actually operate against the goals the London Zoo and other environmentalists presumably have in mind? ]]></description>
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<title>Mass Transit &amp; Gasoline Prices: Time to Go Public?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:36:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Thinking of switching from private vehicle to mass transit in your daily commute? Gasoline prices may be prompting your consideration of this alternative, but you may find other, even more compelling reasons. Here are what commuters say from four cities across the country.]]></description>
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<title>Discipline of Prayer: Always Connected</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2005 20:05:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A daily train ride supplies insight into the nature of prayer: the power is always present if we are willing to stay connected. This awareness of God's omnipresence is the grand thing David celebrates. Jesus reminds us of it as His parting gift before ascending to the Father.]]></description>
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<title>Cost-cutting Essential to Maintaining Profits</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:59:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[That success in business is dependent on sales, is plain enough. But it is also essential to control or even reduce costs. Cost-cutting efforts demand the attention and participation of every employee in your organization. An organized cost-cutting program can be the difference between having a super year and a dismal one.]]></description>
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<title>Change is the Only Constant</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:01:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Fighting change or avoiding change are counterproductive. Embracing change is key to finding success in today's business environment.]]></description>
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<title>Internet Explorer Shortcuts for Mouse-o-phobes</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:47:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Whether your reason is to save time or reduce stress on your wrist, you will want to know and use these essential keyboard shortcuts when the surf the 'Net with Internet Explorer.]]></description>
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<title>Coping with Change: Develop Your Personal Strategy</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:21:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The inevitability of change is one of the only constants in today's business environment. Your ability to accept and even embrace change is fundamental to your continued success. Why do we resist change, and how can we approach it more constructively? What strategies can we employ to make our response to change a strength rather than a weakness?]]></description>
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<title>&quot;Blind CC&quot; (Bcc): Master Its Use When E-Mailing</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2005 11:00:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You know how to use "To" and "Subject" when e-mailing. You may even know about "Cc" (courtesy copy or carbon copy). But do you know how and when to use "Bcc" (blind courtesy copy)? Mastering its use can make your e-mailing efforts more effective.]]></description>
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<title>Teamwork in Ministry: Paul's Sense of Partnership in the Gospel</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2005 21:05:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Apostle Paul was well aware of teamwork--with God and with his brothers and sisters. This awareness he expresses by using compound Greek words that begin with the prepositional prefix, sun-. This is a brief survey of the words Paul employed to express this sharing of ministry. You will discover that such sharing continues among 21st-century Christians.]]></description>
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<title>Innovation incubator: Build it and keep it running</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2005 07:28:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Innovation" is on everyone's tongue, but why is it so important? What kind of working environment can serve as an innovation incubator? What kind of thinking should we pursue to generate innovative ideas? And ultimately, what is the real goal for innovation?]]></description>
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<title>How Do You Read the Bible?</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2005 07:08:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Word, says the Epistle of James, is like a mirror, and all who look into it get a clear view of themselves. If they look through the mirror, they can see their flaws and make adjustments. But some look for flaws in the mirror and fail to see themselves at all.]]></description>
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<title>Firstfruit from Death Guarantees the Coming Harvest</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:21:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Who could have imagined that a day picking blueberries would yield truths about death and the resurrection? As we commit more and more loved ones to the earth, we anticipate the great harvest. And the firstfruit, the Best of the best, demonstrates what a great harvest it will be.]]></description>
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<title>Let's Restore the Word of Christ</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:10:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Less than 40 years after the Resurrection of Christ, His disciples had "turned the world upside down" with the message of deliverance proclaimed in His name. They did this without television, internet, radio, newspapers, billboards, or even a written-down message. This oral "word of Christ," enthusiastically and personally delivered to friends, neighbors, acquaintances, and relatives, is the secret to Christianity's astonishing launch. It remains the best, but most ignored, means of church growth in our day.]]></description>
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<title>Heads or tails? Either Way You Lose!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:22:09 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Gambling seems to offer a big payoff for a tiny investment. But that's just at the beginnig. Here's a true-life story of what placing a few bets can do to a psychologically healthy man, to his wife, and his teenager. He thought he was at the bottom just before he fell into the chasm, dragging his family down with him.]]></description>
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<title>Letters from Christ: the Calligraphy of the Spirit</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:54:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Illuminated manuscripts convey Christ's message, even as their beauty excites our imagination. Yet God has constructed another communication that is infinitely more impressive in that it is dynamic, multi-dimensional, and interactive. He has spared no amount of time and effort in creating it, and He makes it accessible for all the world to read.]]></description>
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<title>God's Providence in a Jericho Journal</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:13:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Perspective makes all the difference. What looks crazy from a worldly point of view is, from the viewpoint of faith, crazy like a fox. What if a citizen of ancient Jericho kept a journal of the Israelites' siege? ]]></description>
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<title>Enough Warm-ups, Already!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:02:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Trainers and sports doctors impress upon us the importance of stretching and warming up before strenuous exercise. Every runner knows to vital role warming up has. But you can only warm up so long; then you must run the race.]]></description>
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<title>Where is Your Focus?</title>
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<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/15546</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2005 21:11:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You really want to be spiritual, but things keep getting in the way. Distractions, noisy and unsettling, come between you and where you want to focus your attention. True spirituality involves developing the ability, not to get rid of the annoyances, but to look past them, or even to see through them to view what is really significant and permanent.]]></description>
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<title>Why have children? DINCs, This is For You!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:25:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are among those who have not put off having children but put it out of your plans, here are some reasons why you should reconsider.]]></description>
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<title>Union with Christ Unites Us to One Another</title>
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<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/12168</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 17:17:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[By instituting the Lord's Supper, Jesus created a way to draw His disciples to Himself with ongoing constancy. By taking the Supper, His followers not only draw closer to Him, but to one another. Isn't that pulling together not only what they need, but what everyone in the world needs?]]></description>
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<title>Christ's Dependability: Count on It!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:25:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When we explore the meaning of "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever" (Heb. 13:8), we quickly learn what it doesn't mean: that Jesus has never undergone change. That aside, we can begin to meditate on what it does mean, and that's where a profound truth unlying an infinite and dynamic power reveals itself to us.]]></description>
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<title>Bone Box of the Rich and Famous</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:32:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An ornately carved ossuary (bone box) is all the remains of Caiaphas the rich and famous high priest who convinced the Sanhedrin to murder Jesus. Now his victim is acclaimed as Savior and Lord throughout the world. God can sure turn things around, can't He?]]></description>
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<title>Never Too Busy to Listen</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:04:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You think you're busy? Let's take a peek at operations in Celestial Central! Yet one human activity below puts everything above temporarily on hold.]]></description>
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<title>Mystery, not Myth: Jesus Christ is real!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:53:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Did Jesus Christ really live or is He just a fairy tale? We acknowledge His actual presence in history every time we write a check, make an appointment, or set our answering machines. He is real, and the difference He makes in our lives is substantial.]]></description>
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<title>Is Transformation Worth the Effort?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:11:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Stone Mountain in Georgia is a gargantuan sculpture memorializing the heroes of the confederacy. The risks, the toil, and the cost of completing the monument is immense. Consider, however, the unimaginable investment and sacrifice that God has made in you and me. Will be bring his masterwork to completion, or will we call a halt to the work while it remains unfinished? ]]></description>
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<title>Spiritual Growth: Measures for How You're Doing</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:21:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In an exercise program, the muscle groups you concentrate on are the ones that improve. In a garden you can tell what is negelcted and what is lovingly sprayed, weeded, and enriched. Our spiritual lives are no different. Here are four ways to measure spiritual growth. Can you tell you are making progress?]]></description>
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<title>Homeless, Rejected, and Poor</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:11:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A famous hymn describes Jesus as "despised and afflicted, homeless, rejected, and poor." We often turn away from people like that when we meet them on the streets. But serving them is serving Jesus. How can we follow in the Master's footsteps and bring good news to the poor?]]></description>
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<title>Worship and Football: Let's Take Another Look</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:08:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What a contrast between those attending a football game and those attending a worship assembly! What are the differences and why is it really an unfair comparison? Do we go to church to watch or to participate?]]></description>
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<title>A Little Blessing Changes Everything</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:32:17 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you feel yourself coasting downhill, accelerating with no brakes? Does a dark thundercloud seem to hover over you wherever you go? In such a situation--and we all have them from time to time--one positive event, one blessing, no matter how insignificant, can be the start of a turn-around. It can make all the difference. Do you watch for it?]]></description>
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<title>Afraid of The Light?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:07:17 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Like me, you still might have some lingering fear of the dark--not just twilight, but absolute, total jet-black darkness. That's understandable. But are you also afraid of the light? What causes this irrational fear? And what, or Who, can help us to overcome it?]]></description>
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