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		<title>Where does it hurt?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Child of the most high, where does it hurt? If the preacher never knows, if the church mother never calls you, realize this, God is totally aware of how you feel, and the reason He hasn’t broke through the clouds to see about you is…”You are strong enough to make it!”]]></description>
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		<title>When was the last time&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetWhen was the last time you told someone, &#8220;Thank you for caring&#8221;. When was the last time you spent time with someone to show you care? When was the last time you encouraged someone who was discouraged? When was the last time you stopped and meditated on the Goodness of God? When was the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving the church</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:51:18 +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>What Shall We Do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observations and Questions]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://goingagainstthegrain.org/?p=4848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TweetAfter being truly inspired by the post prior to this,  I wanted to tag team with the author in posing a question to you the reader. Over the years one can not help but notice evangelism has really taken a back set. What do I mean?  The only place where you can hear one evangelize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Made Up Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetTrust in God will require one to STAND although everything around you is shaken! Yes, the pun was intended to illustrate a point. The people of Haiti experiences an aftershock a week after their initial earth quake. We read the news articles and have more than likely seen footage of people praying and thanking God [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When you have done all that you can do &#8211; Stand.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://goingagainstthegrain.org/?p=1808</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There will be may days that you, the believer will stand alone in your faith. Although others will point you out and look at you sideways with contempt you must still hold fast to what you believe. If what you believe is rooted in Gods word, then stand. If what you believe is rooted in Tradition and has no foundation in Gods Word,  a change must take pace in your thinking and conduct.]]></description>
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		<title>The grass is&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/the-grass-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://goingagainstthegrain.org/?p=905</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TweetThe grass is&#8230;seems to be  a popular search phase on the internet, well at least for the people that are bought to Going Against The Grain. It would seem that people are pondering weather the grass in truly greener on the other side. I think that would depend on what your leaving and what you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things to consider before speaking your mind.</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/things-to-consider-before-speaking-your-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 05:39:30 +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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		<title>Raising Church Attendance</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/raising-church-attendance/</link>
		<comments>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/raising-church-attendance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://goingagainstthegrain.org/?p=1018</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TweetBefore the decline of our economy over the past few years, church leaders are thinking of ways to raise their church attendance. Churches found they were affected by the down turn in the economy just like many businesses. Many churches run their church like it is a business; I see nothing wrong with this if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fellowship Forever</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/fellowship-forever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 09:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nlewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I would like to share with you the word "Fellowship" as rendered from the Greek word in the New Testament in the KJV "Koinonia". The word is from the Greek root word "Koinonos", which is translated partaker five times, partner three times, fellowship one time and companion one time for a total of ten times.]]></description>
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