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		<title>Preaching on a dime.</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/preaching-on-a-dime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetHave you ever heard the phrase in the church; &#8220;the word says to be ye also ready!&#8221;.  Preaching on a dime is synonymous with &#8220;stopping or turning on a dime&#8221;;  it denotes a quick action without any thought or preparation; a reflex. The phrase &#8220;be ye also ready&#8221; Its most commonly used by preachers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empty Buckets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetIts refreshing to approach a well, lower a bucket and draw from it a cool refreshing drink of water. I am sure many people can relate to the thought of getting a refreshing drink and being able to continue on a journey and complete an arduous task after a cool drink. Often I think of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Once in awhile, I might.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:30:44 +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>Words that Match</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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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>The quick close, the hard sell!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetAnyone in sales will know what a close is. When your potential customer is giving you a buying signal, you can try a quick close to see where they are in the decision making process. In many of sales pitches, if you play to the fears of a customer or the maternal instincts of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just the Facts&#8230; Please!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet I couldn’t help but wonder why the speaker chose to address the people about tithing after announcing that God was removing people off the scene. Why do we inject a certain element of Fear when it comes to giving (tithe or offering)? We here that you’ll go to hell, your loved ones might get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church membership</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ministry (service) has no place for superstars and heroes, we (the believers) belong to the body of Christ not to a building, not to a movement, not to a denomination or an organization. Attending a geographical location faithfully on a Sunday morning or being proud of the celebrity of your church and its leaders does not equate to citizenship in the Kingdom of God.]]></description>
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		<title>So, God&#8230;what are you going to do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://goingagainstthegrain.org/?p=5041</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TweetBefore you skip over this post or think the title is presumptuous, blasphemous  or deserving of Gods wrath, you will miss the opportunity to find some encouragement in the next few paragraphs of this post. While you might be at the center of your depressing and hopeless situation, why not ask God what He will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things that seem to take time to learn.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetFor Starters: We don’t have all the answers but with time and experience you’ll get pretty close. Time will heal all wounds, provided there is enough time. Never lick your steak knife! Gossip travels faster than good news! The Church is not the building. I was reading an article on a blog and found some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to get people&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/how-to-get-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet It was an interesting piece that I saw on the evening news, a local pastor posed the question: “How do you get people to come to church that normally won’t go?” The method the Pastor decided to used was found to be sacrilegious by many and I on the other hand wanted to hear [...]]]></description>
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