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		<title>As Sheep to Be Slaughtered</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As i read, the words stabbed me through the heart like a finely slung arrow. &#8220;This voluntary suffering and death to save others is not only the content of the gospel but also the method of our mission.&#8221; (John Piper, Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ, p. 15). My mind quickly ran through several Scripture [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wisdomandsorrow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8363184&amp;post=295&amp;subd=wisdomandsorrow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Through Decisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 05:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a few weeks now i have been slowly working through George W Bush&#8217;s Decision Points, a book of his most significant decisions made throughout his life as President. For the most part i agree with what he did as President, although, as with any leader, there were decisions with which i did not agree. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wisdomandsorrow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8363184&amp;post=267&amp;subd=wisdomandsorrow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Working Through James (Intro)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a very busy semester of not having time to write, i wish to embark on a little bit of a new category of blog posts, at least as far as this blog is concerned; specifically, exposition. As much as we can read and study many great books and hear strong preaching and teaching on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wisdomandsorrow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8363184&amp;post=251&amp;subd=wisdomandsorrow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Life Sovereignty of God</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sovereignty of God seems to be what holds the majority of my attention when it comes to biblical study. If i am reading a book on theology, philosophy or even fiction, i consistently find myself instinctively evaluating if the writer at hand is doing justice to the sovereignty of God over all things. As [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wisdomandsorrow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8363184&amp;post=219&amp;subd=wisdomandsorrow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Training the Next Generation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Sentiments of Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an old story about Question 98 of the Westminster Catechism. Evangelist D.L. Moody was speaking in Scotland to a large group of elementary students. Upon asking the rhetorical question, &#8220;What is prayer?&#8221;, hundreds of hands flew up in the air. Caught off guard by the fact that these kids were responding to a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wisdomandsorrow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8363184&amp;post=209&amp;subd=wisdomandsorrow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The All Suffieciency of Jesus</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A period of time in the desert, both literally and figuratively, provokes an important perspective on life at home. As if our corrupt natures didn&#8217;t make it difficult enough, a society that values possessions and freedom so much as America makes it easy to lose sight of the fact that not only is Jesus the only thing that we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wisdomandsorrow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8363184&amp;post=175&amp;subd=wisdomandsorrow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Timeless Theology of John</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John&#8217;s gospel has long been understood to be graciously simple, yet elusively complex. In it we find presented the gospel as such that a three year old can understand it, and in it we see deep truths that will perplex the minds of the greatest theologians this side of heaven. When a new believer comes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wisdomandsorrow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8363184&amp;post=188&amp;subd=wisdomandsorrow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Further Understanding Regarding Labels</title>
		<link>http://wisdomandsorrow.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/further-understanding-regarding-labels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It does seem that some things discussed in my last post require clarification. I apologize in advance for such unintended grey areas. In regards to labels within the evangelical Christian faith, a recent experience triggered the thought behind the post. A friend of mine found himself in a discussion with someone else between Calvinistic and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wisdomandsorrow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8363184&amp;post=184&amp;subd=wisdomandsorrow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On the Distaste for Labels</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In reality i think it obvious that, especially in our individualistic culture, people in general do not like to fall under labels. Sadly, this may be more true in Christian circles than secular ones. Christians in America in particular seem overly concerned with how we fit under any given label. Even those labels we allow [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wisdomandsorrow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8363184&amp;post=163&amp;subd=wisdomandsorrow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Afraid to Offend</title>
		<link>http://wisdomandsorrow.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/afraid-to-offend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s become our way of looking at things. We know that the world is cursed and dying and in desperate need of a Savior. We know that we need to share our faith. But before we ever muster the courage to go through with it, we find ourselves carefully plotting out the way to get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wisdomandsorrow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8363184&amp;post=165&amp;subd=wisdomandsorrow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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