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		<title>Helpfulness of Sabbath Observance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feeling personally challenged with the current relevance of the Fourth Commandment to &#8220;Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.&#8221; (Exodus 20:8) Consider this quote by evangelical theologian Dr. John Currid: “I would suggest that if we kept the Sabbath as Christians then our lives would improve dramatically. How many of us never do an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Unity Gone Wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bible clearly teaches that as Christians we should not be divisive in our diversity. There are many teachers, and within the Church there are many different spiritual gifts given. The Corinthians were corrected (among other things) for creating factions based on their favorite teachers. (I Cor. 3:1-18) We believers should always remember that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When &#8220;Expressing Yourself&#8221; Becomes Complaining</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever considered the difference between “expressing yourself”,  and complaining? The Bible clearly teaches that complaining is not an acceptable practice. But what about just “expressing yourself” or “sharing from your heart”? I believe that there is a place for sharing unpleasant experiences with others, but we must be very careful with this. Sometimes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the World Responds to the Cross</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pastor Miles McPhereson, lead pastor of The Rock Church in San Diego California, recently shared this two minute video, which shows, using very powerful imagery, how most people in the world respond to the cross of Jesus Christ. Click here to view the embedded video. &#8220;Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swamp Christianity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This picture looks disgusting doesn&#8217;t it? It&#8217;s a section of swamp land that I often pass while running on a local nature trail. (I&#8217;m only showing it to make a point.) Looking at this swamp while I was jogging recently got me thinking about what I&#8217;ll call &#8220;Swamp Christianity&#8221;. Followers of Christ are instructed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biblical Stewardship and Greed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am concerned that many people using the language of &#8220;stewardship&#8221; today seem to be, in reality, operating out of greed. They mask their greed with a facade of spirituality. In case I just shocked you by that statement, you should know that I do believe that the Bible has much to say about how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Keller on Individualism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;liberals&#8217; individualism comes out in their views of abortion, sex and marriage. Conservatives&#8217; individualism comes out in their deep distrust of the public sector and in their understanding of poverty as simply a failure of personal responsibility&#8221; [Timothy Keller. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. Dutton Adult, 2008. p. xx]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Strategy for Ministry Growth</title>
		<link>http://www.davehess.com/archives/1115</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love strategic thinking and I love creativity. God made us creative beings and He gave us minds to to reason with. However, while I think we should think strategically and we should use our creativity to the glory of God, I think many 21st century Christians have a really inflated view about the importance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Purposeful Relationships</title>
		<link>http://www.davehess.com/archives/1049</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word used in the New Testament for what we usually refer to as &#8220;fellowship&#8221; is koinonia. The root meaning of koinonia is &#8220;to hold something in common.&#8221; Koinonia speaks to a joining together for a common purpose. I think too frequently we Christians don&#8217;t experience true fellowship because they are too easily satisfied with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Good Thing Technology Isn&#8217;t Your God</title>
		<link>http://www.davehess.com/archives/1016</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I was checking the library website to see if some books I need are available. The FSU library has a neat feature that enables you, instead of writing the title and call number of a book down, to have it sent to you via text message or email. Enamored with with this new technology, [...]]]></description>
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