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		<title>God is Good to the Last Drop. Maybe.</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/god-is-good-to-the-last-drop-maybe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Radosh]]></category>
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I’m in the middle of an interesting book; “Ready for Rapture” by Daniel Radosh.  I doubt it is a book that many Christians will pick up &#8211; but they should.  Radosh, a practicing Jew that happens to be agnostic (?) brings an outsider’s fresh perspective to the inside of Christian pop culture. And that is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4877&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tired of Waiting for the Beginning of the End Times?</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/tired-of-waiting-for-the-beginning-of-the-end-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Darby]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jenkins and LaHaye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Left Behind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millinialism]]></category>
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If you ever get one of these letters then..uh-oh…
Dear Floyd;
 This message has been sent to you by a friend or a relative who has recently disappeared along with millions and millions of people around the world. The reason they chose to send you this letter is because they cared about you and would like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4858&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Now I Get It&#8230;.The REAL Trinity</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/now-i-get-it-the-real-trinity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gospel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orthodoxy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Babylon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah. It just struck me this evening. There IS  such a thing as a Trinity that is supported by church doctrine, tradition and history. But it is none too holy.

Posted in Christianity, God, Gospel, Orthodoxy, Religion Tagged: Babylon, Caesar, Doctrine, Holy Trinty      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4856&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>In His Own Image</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/in-his-own-image/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fundamentalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genesis 1:27]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Osteen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paula White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious hypocrites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[televangelist]]></category>

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Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Religion Tagged: Genesis 1:27, Joel Osteen, Paula White, religious hypocrites, televangelist      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4853&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Must Christians Believe in Miracles?</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/must-we-believe-in-miracles/</link>
		<comments>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/must-we-believe-in-miracles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gospel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[biblical literalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark 4:35-41]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miracles]]></category>

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The four Gospel narratives are filled with examples of Jesus performing miraculous acts.  According to Matthew’s version, even his life began supernaturally, in that his conception was not the result of a sexual union.
For most Christians, the picture of Jesus working miracles seems to be exactly what one would expect of a divine being -the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4822&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God Appreciates a Little Back-Talk Once in a While</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/sometimes-its-good-to-question-gods-authorit/</link>
		<comments>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/sometimes-its-good-to-question-gods-authorit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[biblical literalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["God according to God"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Binding of Isaac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genesis 22: 1-24]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerald Schroeder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heather Kirk-Davidoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questioning God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious obedience]]></category>

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In her sermon last Sunday, Heather addressed the different ways in which people approach scriptures, especially those parts that we tend to find disturbing. The scripture in question that day was John 3:18, the often overlooked verse that follows the famous John 3:16-17.
&#8220;For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4811&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Murder: The Invevitable Result of Racism</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/james-von-brunn-racist-murderer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The most popular post I&#8217;ve ever written has been &#8220;The Black Jesus&#8221;.  I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s because it&#8217;s particularly  well written or even that controversial, per se, but it gets a tremendous amount of hits (for me), probably just because of the title.
I was amazed to find that, as of 5:30 pm EST , this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4806&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And Much Cattle?</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/god-loves-beef/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cuisine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonah 4: 9-11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[much cattle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ninevah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]></category>

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In the Robert Wise’s classic sci-fi movie, “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, an alien visits Washington DC with an important message for the world: repent of your evil ways or face annihilation from above.
Which sort of reminded me of the story of Jonah and his warning to Ninevah.  In the movie we never are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4801&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Uncertainty of God</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/the-uncertainty-of-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Exodus 3:14]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God's name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I am who I am]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I will be who I will be]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immutability of God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jehova]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YAWHEW]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
We all know the story of Moses’ encounter with God through the burning bush, where God first tells Moses who he is:
Moses said to God, &#8220;Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, &#8216;The God of your fathers has sent me to you,&#8217; and they ask me, &#8216;What is his name?&#8217; Then what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4764&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Case of Rapture, Check I.D.</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/in-case-of-rapture-check-i-d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Satan]]></category>
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In Isaiah 46 the author talks of two of the ancient Babylonian Gods, Bel and Nebo:
1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low;
their idols are borne by beasts of burden.
The images that are carried about are burdensome,
a burden for the weary.
2 They stoop and bow down together;
unable to rescue the burden,
they themselves go off into captivity.
I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4752&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fundamentally Opposed to Spirituality</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/fundamentalism-in-opposition-to-spirituality/</link>
		<comments>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/fundamentalism-in-opposition-to-spirituality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 13:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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&#8220;A spirituality revolution is taking place in Western and Eastern societies as politics fails as a vessel of hope and meaning. This revolution is not to be confused with the rising tide of religious fundamentalism, although the two are caught up in the same phenomenon: the emergence of the sacred as a leading force in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4745&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does the Doctrine of Penal Substitutionary Atonement Promote Torture?</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/does-christian-doctrine-promote-torture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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Not for the first time have I been perplexed by the Church&#8217;s long affair with torture. Is this just a case in which  flawed and sinful men, having taken control of the Church, used brutal and violent means to achieve their own ends? Or is there some warped thread woven into the very fabric of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4699&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>American Gospel: The Parable of the Strong Goats and the Weak Sheep</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/american-gospel-the-parable-of-the-strong-goats-and-the-weak-sheep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the goats [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4684&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Christians Not Welcome</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/bad-christians-not-welcome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 19:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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Most teachers and parents have long understood that the positive reinforcement of desired behavior is a much more powerful learning tool than any punishment for undesired behavior ;
Behavior modification assumes that observable and measurable behaviors are good targets for change. All behavior follows a set of consistent rules. Methods can be developed for defining, observing, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4642&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things Your Doctor Doesn&#8217;t Know (or Won&#8217;t Tell You)</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/things-your-doctor-doesnt-know-or-wont-tell-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 16:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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In an earlier post, Is Your Doctor Killing You? , I mentioned Gary Taubes’ excellent book &#8220;Good Calories, Bad Calories&#8221;. I just finished it and it is one of the most important books I have ever read. It&#8217;s a fairly deep and dense book,  filled with large amounts of scientific and epidemiological information. Rigorously researched,  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4578&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Postmodernism for Dummies (by a Postmodern Dummy)</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/postmodernism-for-dummies-by-a-postmodern-dummy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 14:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s it all about, anyway? Is postmodernism a good thing or a bad thing? Some people accuse others of being &#8216;post modern&#8217;, using it as an epithet.  Others wear the mantra proudly. But what does it mean?
There are plenty of opinions on this, from the pedestrian to the scholarly.  But I often find that they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4482&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Funny Fundamentalists&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/funny-fundamentalists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 19:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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&#8230; are pretty hard to find. Except for the ones who are funny by accident.   Someone told me these fundies were pretty funny so I went to their site. Yikes!
They think that the Emerging Church is a real hoot.  Here&#8217;s a sample:

And that was one of the funny ones.  (I thought I was an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4473&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is God Displeased with Dancing? Really?</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/is-god-displeased-with-dancing-really/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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I doubt it. But apparently some people know exactly what kinds of things will push the divine buttons.  At least they have their priorities straight.
Ohio Christian school tells student to skip prom

  

 Buzz Up




Fri May 8, 12:05 pm ET
FINDLAY, Ohio – A student at a fundamentalist Baptist school that forbids dancing, rock music, hand-holding and kissing will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4460&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus with a Gun (Dissonance Within the Cognitive Christian)</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/jesus-with-a-gun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 16:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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Gary Taubes talks about Cognitive Dissonance, which is, as he puts it:
&#8230;the tension that results from trying to hold two incompatible beliefs simultaneously…&#8230;When the philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn discussed cognitive dissonance in scientific research- “the awareness of an anomaly in the fit between theory and nature” – he suggested that scientists will typically do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4411&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God Says; Skip the Salad but Bring On the BBQ!</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/god-says-skip-the-salad-but-bring-on-the-bbq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 13:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD.  But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,  but on Cain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=4386&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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