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	<description>Provoking Believers To Think Outside The Confines Of Religion</description>
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		<title>Words that Match</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[encourage me]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetIn this article we&#8217;re not talking about smoking, but if you thought about two like items, your pretty close.  I remember a sermon preached by a Pastor entitled &#8220;Love, is what it does&#8221;, sounds catchy I thought, but I didn&#8217;t realize the meaning until years later; no I am not implying that I&#8217;ve mastered it, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to please God.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetThere are many articles and blogs on how to please God. How do I or you please God? As if God is angry and we need to  appease Him before being zapped.  Many time a sermon will be deliver with such emotion and intensity its as if Gods people are being scolded or reprimanded by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving the church</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/leaving-the-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Church attendance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[where do i go? what do you do?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The fear of isolation can be a powerful reason why people are reluctant to leave a church. When I was stationed in California and newly married, what people thought about me, was important to me. What did I know? I was young and a little naive.]]></description>
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		<title>The Day After Judgement Day &#8211; Making It Through Sunday, May 22nd 2011</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/the-day-after-judgement-day-making-it-through-sunday-may-22nd-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/the-day-after-judgement-day-making-it-through-sunday-may-22nd-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetAfter a week of anticipation, it seems that Judgement Day has come and nearly gone. Its only 8:30 PM EST and I&#8217;m sure, perhaps maybe, church services will be packed out in the am.  What will pastors preach about I wonder.  For those who sold their possessions, left jobs and families, I guess they will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right There</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[spritual strength]]></category>

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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>A Place Of Refuge And Source Strength</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetWhile more and more people lose their jobs and the threat of unemployment looms on the horizon for many other, people are stressed and equally discouraged. What can one do and where does one turn in times like these? Churches seem to have their share of problems and it seems that even many believers are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wait on it.</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/wait-on-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Being Different]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is your gift? Exercise it according to the grace given you! Each one of us has a purpose for being here, each one has a purpose in the body of Christ.  Some people can give, some can pray for others (intercede), some can exhort, some will exhort via a blog, some will go and visit. The gifts in the body of Christ are there to encourage other believers.]]></description>
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		<title>Where do you go, what do you do? (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/where-do-you-go-what-do-you-do-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/where-do-you-go-what-do-you-do-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Church attendance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://goingagainstthegrain.org/?p=796</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TweetLiving the Christian life is more than attending a service, paying tithes, raising an offering, planning the next Pastor and Wife anniversary, selling chicken dinners and going to the Holy Convocation. These activities are done at the expense of relationships and we camouflage it by saying this is ministry, this is service unto the Lord. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Priorities</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/priorities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetEveryone has them and they seem to come at you from all different directions.  Sometimes knowing which priority to tackle can be a daunting task.  Although all of your priorities are important and need your immediate attention; I find it easy to&#8230;&#8230; tackle the one that is MOST important or closest to you. Some have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things to consider before speaking your mind.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/?p=7092</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TweetYou&#8217;ve heard it said countless times by many&#8230;&#8221;I speak my mind&#8230;&#8221; It&#8217;s like a badge of honor, if you don&#8217;t like what someone says, you speak what’s on your mind. So many free thinkers and out spoken people are passionate about speaking the truth (relative to them) about a matter. How unfortunate for those of [...]]]></description>
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