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	<description>Provoking Believers To Think Outside The Confines Of Religion</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>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Fellowship Forever</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<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>
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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>Priorities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<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>Sometimes the grass is greener!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet It was a common phrase when I was growing up and I heard it most often in church;  when the preacher stated &#8220;The Grass isn&#8217;t always greener&#8221; on the other side, one could say he (the preacher) was making a general statement. Some examples as to how someone would use this statement in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s for them.</title>
		<link>http://GoingAgainstTheGrain.org/it%e2%80%99s-for-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Have you ever wondered the purpose of fruit? What’s it for? Fruits like, beautiful red apples, ripe grapes, melons and delicious strawberries. The one thing they all have in common is seeds; seeds are vital and key for the reproduction of these fruit bearing plants; as we remember from our science 101 classes. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When was the last time&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:55:43 +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>Going through&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetThere is a mantra most echoed by most Christians when asked by friends, &#8220;how are you&#8221;? The usual reply or this mantra is &#8221; Pray for me,I&#8217;m going through.&#8221; While it is true that we as believers do have problems and issues from day top day.  The great thing about going through is&#8230;your not stagnated.  [...]]]></description>
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