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		<title>Great Summary on Scripture&#8217;s Teaching on Alcohol</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Hogaboam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have pasted this and the citation is at the end of the article. I found this pretty exhaustive and objective on this galvanizing topic.
SPECIAL TOPIC: BIBLICAL ATTITUDES TOWARD ALCOHOL (FERMENTATION) AND ALCOHOLISM (ADDICTION)
I. Biblical Terms
A. Old Testament
1. Yayin &#8211; This is the general term for wine, which is used 141 times. The etymology is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1644&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Catholics Withdrawing Charitable Minsitries Becasue of Equal Protection Laws for Homosexuals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Hogaboam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported in the NY Times:
Catholic Charities To Withdraw Services Over Same-Sex Marriage
The fight over a proposed same-sex marriage law here heated up this week as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said that if the law passed, the church would cut its social service programs that help residents with adoption, homelessness and health care. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1630&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gandalf Defacing the Bible? Say it ain&#8217;t So</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Hogaboam</dc:creator>
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In an interview with&#8221;Details&#8221; magazine, actor Ian McKellen admitted to ripping pages out of the Bible whenever he gets a chance (link).
Details: Is it true that when you stay at hotels you tear out the Bible page that condemns homosexuality?
Ian McKellen: I do, absolutely. I&#8217;m not proudly defacing the book, but it&#8217;s a choice between [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1625&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gene Robinson Quote</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Hogaboam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was listening to NPR today and heard part of an interview with Episcopal Gene Robinson, who happens to be openly gay and in a relationship with another man. He was previously married to a woman and had two children with his former wife. Anyhow, this quote is not exact, but the best my memory can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1606&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nidal Hasan and Secular America</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joelmartin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have written in the past about the coexistence of Islam and Secularism; (here and here for example). According to the Washington Post, Islamic murderer Nidal Hasan gave a presentation to the Army about which the Post says:
Under the &#8220;Conclusions&#8221; page, Hasan wrote that &#8220;Fighting to establish an Islamic State to please God, even by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1603&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Divided by Faith, by Michael Emerson and Christian Smith</title>
		<link>http://endued.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/book-review-divided-by-faith-by-michael-emerson-and-christian-smith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kistler</dc:creator>
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Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America is a historical and sociological study of white evangelical attitudes toward white-black relations.  I found it fascinating.  I should also try to read some reviews by trained sociologists who may be able to offer some insight into their research methods.
Emerson and Smith state [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1583&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ACORN, Obama, unlawful acts- should be under strict investigations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kudos to James O&#8217; Keefe and Hannah Giles for exposing what lies, unlawful, and treachery lies beneath the covers of ACORN.   BUT, will the left media pay much attention to this?  Will Obama speak out against this?  Apparently, this is &#8220;just some smear campaign&#8221;.  Wow, denial (or secrecy of corruption) is the quite the virtue [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1517&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: “Black and Tan” by Douglas Wilson</title>
		<link>http://endued.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/book-review-%e2%80%9cblack-and-tan%e2%80%9d-by-douglas-wilson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kistler</dc:creator>
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While looking at Doug Wilson’s blog one day, I happened to notice that he wrote a book on slavery and culture wars.  Black and Tan: Essays and Excursions on Slavery, Culture War, and Scripture in America seemed to be a great book to pair with America’s God, since both books discuss 19th-century American Christianity.
The story [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1511&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Balanced Spirituality According to St. James</title>
		<link>http://endued.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/balanced-spirituality-according-to-st-james/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Hogaboam</dc:creator>
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James 1:27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
I am preaching on this text this coming Lord&#8217;s Day (8/31/09). After reading Matt Harmon&#8217;s ( Grace Theological Seminary) “ten theses for further discussion” from his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1487&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The tricky balance between evangelism and social justice</title>
		<link>http://endued.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/the-tricky-balance-between-evangelism-and-social-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kistler</dc:creator>
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Matt Harmon of Grace Theological Seminary posted “ten theses for further discussion” from his talk about the relationship between the kingdom of God and social justice.  You can find them here and here.  This is something that I’m quite interested in.   Here are some that I thought were particularly well-said:
2. We must allow biblical and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1485&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>American hermeneutics and slavery</title>
		<link>http://endued.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/american-hermeneutics-and-slavery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kistler</dc:creator>
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After chronicling the Americanization of Calvinist and Methodist theology, Mark Noll in America’s God turns to American biblical hermeneutics, the way that Americans read the Bible, in Chapters 18-20.  Noll argues that the American approach to Scripture in this period also came from both their Protestant heritage and their revolutionary/early national circumstances.  Noll has argued [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1478&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>our mad world</title>
		<link>http://endued.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/our-mad-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joelmartin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since we are encased within our society we can sometimes forget how insane it really is. A conversation I had yesterday reminded me of the deep weird that we live in. Our women fill their bodies with chemicals to prevent them from fertility for years and years. Later, when they are older and may decide [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1435&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>30 days,  pro-choice in a pro-life world</title>
		<link>http://endued.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/30-days-pro-choice-in-a-pro-life-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I happen to catch a show of &#8220;30 days&#8221; late last night (when I should of been sleeping), a reality show by Morgan Spurlock, about a pro-choice woman to took on the challenge of living 30 days at &#8220;His Nesting Place&#8220;, a faith-based pro-life organization (a great opportunity for ministry or help).   Watching the show [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1423&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Combined Book Review: Evangelism, Racial Reconciliation, and Community Development in Mississippi</title>
		<link>http://endued.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/combined-book-review-evangelism-racial-reconciliation-and-community-development-in-mississippi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kistler</dc:creator>
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John Perkins, Let Justice Roll Down (1976)
John Perkins, With Justice for All (1982)
Dolphus Weary, I Ain’t Comin’ Back (1990, 1997)

On June 15, I’m heading down Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee with members of 9 different Chicagoland churches.  Organized by Willow Creek Community Church, the idea of the “Justice Journey” is to get white and black Christians [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1353&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Integrating a Christian College</title>
		<link>http://endued.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/integrating-a-christian-college/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kistler</dc:creator>
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Dolphus Weary describes his predicament in mid-1960s Mississippi in I Ain’t Comin’ Back:
I also developed a vague idea that I wanted to so [sic] something similar to John [Perkins] and the others at the ministry.  I didn’t know what, but I wanted to prepare for it as best I could.  To me that meant finishing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1351&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Perkins on the importance of informed solutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kistler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After John Perkins essentially fought the Mississippi court system to a draw twice, dropping his charges against the local authorities when they promised to drop theirs against him, he believed that the most important part of his experience was informing people about the injustices of police misconduct and brutality:

One of the things for Christian observers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1347&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When the church looks irrelevant</title>
		<link>http://endued.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/when-the-church-looks-irrelevant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kistler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John Perkins’ autobiography Let Justice Roll Down:
You see, in all my years growing up in Mississippi, I had never heard the simple truth of the gospel: the fact that Jesus Christ could set me free and love His life in me.  I grew up knowing nothing about Jesus Christ.
In fact, I had always looked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1345&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pro-Choice=Abortion=baby torture</title>
		<link>http://endued.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/pro-choiceabortionbaby-torture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who oppose torture &#38; are pro-choice, I ask you, how can you declare equality &#38; justice for terrorists &#38; lawbreakers (especially repeat offenders), &#38; luxurious amenities in jails (like cable tv, workout gyms, etc) yet you are ok with the slaughter of innocent human babies who have committed no wrong, though you would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1303&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rising numbers of ProLifers</title>
		<link>http://endued.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/rising-numbers-of-prolifers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 05:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newest gallup poll in May 2009 shows an increase of pro-lifers in America @ 51% of Americans calling themselves &#8220;pro-life&#8221; on the issue of abortion and 42% &#8220;pro-choice. I just wonder if these same people who consider themselves pro-life also deem it so important that they vote accordingly?  Or is it one of those, &#8220;well, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1262&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Berger on Globalization and Religion</title>
		<link>http://endued.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/peter-berger-on-globalization-and-religion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kistler</dc:creator>
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I listened to Speaking of Faith program (transcript and audio here) from 2006 today that talked about how globalization has impacted religion.  You might be familiar with the rather Eurocentric thesis that said that secularism would accompany modernization, just as it had in Europe.  In fact, sociologist Peter Berger held this view as well, before [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=endued.wordpress.com&blog=2036191&post=1255&subd=endued&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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