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	<title>Going Against The Grain &#187; Faith</title>
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	<description>Provoking Believers To Think Outside The Confines Of Religion</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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		<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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		<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>Where do you go, what do you do? (Part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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>Once in awhile, I might.</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/once-in-awhile-i-might/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetOnce in awhile you might pray, once in awhile you might tell someone that you love them, once in awhile you might visit someone who is sick and once in awhile you might call them on the phone. Once in awhile you might care and once in awhile you might not, once in awhile you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cleavage, a tight skirt and high heel shoes.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetIt was a beautiful Sunday morning, everything seemed to go just fine in the Sunday school and even the start of the morning service seem to put the saints in the spirit of unity and worship.  I remember as a young man how worship services had a special meaning to my mother.  I can remember [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Life Had No Problems What would you learn?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would we learn if God came to the rescue immediately in every situation? I know that God is a present help in the time of trouble, but everything we deem as trouble may only be panic or poor planning on our part.  Asking God to help you pass a test when you didn't take the time to commit yourself to study or asking God to help you teach or preach a sermon when you haven't spent time with Him all week long,; what would you learn if God answered your beckoned call?]]></description>
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		<title>Open Your Mouth</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/open-your-mouth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetI was thinking about this great gospel Message that must be preached to a dying world and I came to the conclusion, there is a point and time where people need to be taught! You can say, and proclaim &#8220;Repent&#8221; all day long, but people need to understand what this means. It can not be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a Mormon!</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/im-a-mormon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetA new series of commercials can be seen on TV, happy people talking about who they are and stating the religious affiliation. I think it&#8217;s cool, you see the obvious diversity, sincerity, realness and the seemingly realism of the People and their families portrayed in these commercials. I had a moment of wondering why, one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God is&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/god-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetGod is our refuge and strength, a very present help in the time of trouble. There is absolutely nothing wrong on ashamed about turning to God in the time of crises. As stated in scripture, in Psalms 46:1. God is..! To the people of Port Au Prince, Haiti, God is your refuge and strength, He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fact or Fiction : Truth or Error</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/fact-or-fiction-truth-or-error/</link>
		<comments>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/fact-or-fiction-truth-or-error/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[On Point!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking from the pews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetThe “Da Vinci Code” is said to be a movie that will question and maybe assault Christianity. Churches are scrambling to calm their members and help them to separate fact from fiction. Here is some help: 2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing [...]]]></description>
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