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	<title>Going Against The Grain &#187; Friends</title>
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	<description>Provoking Believers To Think Outside The Confines Of Religion</description>
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		<title>The Christian Double Standard</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/the-christian-double-standard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetThe idea or inspiration for this article came out of reading the Face book entry of another believer.  What’s wrong with having a Face book page? Absolutely nothing!Like anything else, it’s how you use what you have. When it comes to Christians, are just Christians, representatives of the Kingdom of God only when church is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right There</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetThings can be very frustrating from time to time. It&#8217;s amazing how trials and difficulties seem to drive us from God and Prayer instead of to God in Prayer. It seems the guilt is overwhelming and that God is quite upset with us for not attending church and praying as we should. Believer, God is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thats just how it is.</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/thats-just-how-it-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 04:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetSome people will not attend your church, some people will not listen to your message of salvation nor will they change the way they live, act or think. That is just the way it is, believers should not get caught up in battling with people over religion, my church is the way, my bishop is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Offering Required&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/no-offering-required/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://goingagainstthegrain.org/?p=1033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TweetNothing is more uplifting to the spirit than to know a life was change, inspired, encourage and that you gave hope to someone. When you see that someone was moved by genuine love and generosity the true spirit that moves people to give and to be concerned about another is worth the effort.  I can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Follow us on twitter.</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/follow-us-on-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetYou can follow us on twitter also, look for the &#8220;Follow Me&#8221;  tab on the left side of the main page. Get the latest posts and information sent straight to your smart phone. http://twitter.com/gatg2005 Going Against The Grain. Since 2005]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Women and the Pitfalls of Online Fellowship</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/christian-women-and-the-pitfalls-of-online-fellowship/</link>
		<comments>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/christian-women-and-the-pitfalls-of-online-fellowship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The internet has opened up a new place for Christian women to meet and share their faith. While in many ways this opportunity for Christian women to meet other women online is very beneficial, there are also some pitfalls that should be considered.]]></description>
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		<title>Loud Clicks in the Sanctuary</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/loud-clicks-in-the-sanctuary/</link>
		<comments>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/loud-clicks-in-the-sanctuary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a quiet place,sound can carry great distances, especially at night. What’s unusual is how a sound such as the one a loud click makes in the church; this click is unusual, not the one that two pieces of metal or plastic make when they suddenly strike each other, but like when two on more people in the church function well together or really hit it off; they set them selves apart from the saints, share information among them selves about others that damage relationships; they disrupt harmony in the body of Christ and tear friends and families apart with poison words.]]></description>
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		<title>The Myth Of 50-50</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/the-myth-of-50-50/</link>
		<comments>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/the-myth-of-50-50/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Friends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://goingagainstthegrain.org/?p=1317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TweetIt&#8217;s always said that a successful relations requires a fifty-fifty split of the responsibilities between the two in the relationship, there is another way that I&#8217;ve heard it explained and that is: a marriage is a partnership and each need give 50/50 for the relationship to work.  Wow! Imaging that, being in a relationship and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &quot;Only Friend&quot; you ever need&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/the-only-friend-you-ever-need/</link>
		<comments>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/the-only-friend-you-ever-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Loneliness affects people of all ages, it does not mean there is something wrong with the one whom is lonely, it (loneliness) is just another part of our existence on this earth. The world is such a busy place any person can find themselves alone at any moment.  You can...]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks For Reading!</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/thanks-for-reading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetA special thank you to all of our international readers, we hope that you have found this blog both inspiring and thought provoking.  Please stop by the guest-book and let us hear from you. Thanks again. Going Against The Grain 1 Thessalonians 5:12-23]]></description>
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