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	<description>Provoking Believers To Think Outside The Confines Of Religion</description>
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		<title>Prayer, anywhere, anytime.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetYou don&#8217;t have to be in a church to pray, what if its too far away? You don&#8217;t have to be on your knees to pray, you can do it standing up, or siting down and even from your bed before you open your eyes. Its the position of your heart that matters. You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Gimmicks In The Church &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetWhy not&#8230;They Work! I can vividly remember sitting in a church meeting and the topic was how do we get the people to come in? The leader exclaimed&#8230;&#8217;What We Need Is  A Gimmick&#8217;. The concern was to fill the pews, after all there were bills to pay. There was an old saying in the black church&#8230;&#8217;When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unconditional love on the condition of&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I cant help but to  think, what if God changed His mind based on the fact that we keep breaking out vows unto Him. So often you hear believers say, "I Thank God, that I am saves, sanctified and filled with His precious Holy Ghost" and with the same tongue we curse our brother and sister in Christ because of something we do not like about them.

I Love you just as long as you done get under my skin; this seems to be the unspoken motto in most churches. Just look at the traffic on twitter, when you can see what those professing Christ are saying.]]></description>
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		<title>The traditions of men.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the holiness church many women believer that holiness is exemplified by what they wear, hmm..what about the condition of your heart?  Who don't you like?  "Who does she think she is in those red shoes?"  If holiness is exemplified by what a women wears, then any women can emulate what you wear, does that make her holy?]]></description>
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		<title>Thats just how it is.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:55:57 +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>Why do you celebrate?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do you celebrate Valentines Day? I simply do not because I really feel that I do not need to be reminded to "Show Her You Care This Valentines Day"  I care everyday.  When you love someone, you do things just because. I think its sad that our children are condition to think and to equate flowers and candy with love and feelings. They are indoctrinated to observe valentines day in daycare.]]></description>
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		<title>Why not go with the grain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fact, their are many preachers, evangelist, teachers and leaders (called wolves dressed like sheep) that will hide, twist, stretch and spin the truth (which makes it deceptive;which makes it a lie) and they know their members will not and do not read (or study) Gods Word. This is why many leaders are able to get away with immoral and questionable behavior and the membership is non the wiser until its on the six o'clock news.]]></description>
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		<title>What if&#8230;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if we stop blaming our misfortune or unfortunate circumstances on the devil and realize that somethings are caused by our own neglect. For example, blaming the devil for your flat tire when your tire has no tread, blaming the devil for your phone getting turned off when you needed it to call roadside help for the flat tire (when your 30 days behind on the bill).  What if we took better care of ourselves, would we need to stand in the prayer line for prayer to be healed from ailments caused by a lack of exercise and proper diet?]]></description>
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		<title>Walking with Jesus and maintaining diva status.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://goingagainstthegrain.org/?p=2335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TweetHmmm&#8230;is this possible?  Okay, let me build up to my point. Lets start with the word diva, used in the English language in the late 19th century. It is derived from the Italian noun diva, a female deity. The plural of the word in English is &#8220;divas&#8221;; in Italian, dive [ˈdiːve].  The basic sense of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question, Argue and Explore</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetNot necessarily in that order, but as believers we should not be so quick to say amen nor accept something as true and factual. I can vividly remember that questioning the pastor was something that was discourage in the church or outside of it. I&#8217;m not talking about the type of questioning where you had [...]]]></description>
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