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		<title>I&#8217;m having trouble finding a middle ground here&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thesynod.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/im-having-trouble-finding-a-middle-ground-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>philmorebuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m doing some reading on the united Pentecostal church and their doctrine of the trinity.
My problem is that I grew up in my walk with the idea of modal ism. I understand that this is heresy, and I understand that the other end is polytheism.  So what I am asking, is for a better explanation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesynod.wordpress.com&blog=4080029&post=158&subd=thesynod&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Resurrection</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biblical Discussion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the passionate pursuit of both correct orthodoxy and orthopraxy, let us put behind the old Synod, and press on to be a new blog worthy of the calling with which we have been called. Let us use this space to encourage each other, as long as it is called today, to strengthen quality doctrines, to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesynod.wordpress.com&blog=4080029&post=120&subd=thesynod&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;&#8230;to the uttermost parts&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thesynod.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/to-the-uttermost-parts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biblical Discussion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unreached People of the Day
Posted in Biblical Discussion       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesynod.wordpress.com&blog=4080029&post=104&subd=thesynod&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How and Why Christ rose</title>
		<link>http://thesynod.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/how-and-why-christ-rose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>plankremover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biblical Discussion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the impossibility of Christ to remain in the Grave.
One of the best questions that has ever been asked of me is
 &#8221;If Christ was resurrected, then how could he be a true sacrifice? Would not the sacrifice be invalidated because eternal damnation was not suffered, only a period of wrath?&#8221;
This two-fold question is the reason [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesynod.wordpress.com&blog=4080029&post=95&subd=thesynod&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Acts 1:1-11</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>plankremover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biblical Discussion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chris has asked me, since all of you are scared of writing posts, to begin a teaching series here. Well, I said I needed venues to teach/preach and he said &#8220;duh, the synod.&#8221; So, here I am. I am embarking on a brief walk through the Acts of the Apostles, it shouldn&#8217;t take me more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesynod.wordpress.com&blog=4080029&post=83&subd=thesynod&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>i stole john owen&#8217;s brain</title>
		<link>http://thesynod.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/i-stole-john-owens-brain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biblical Discussion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Application]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Owen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortification]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. 12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesynod.wordpress.com&blog=4080029&post=77&subd=thesynod&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I chased the earth, it would not sustain</title>
		<link>http://thesynod.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/i-chased-the-wind-but-i-chased-in-vain-i-chased-the-earth-it-would-not-sustain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fellow Synoders,
I would like to take this chance to apologize for my lack of leadership in the last few weeks. Not exclusive to this place alone have I been plagued vigorously by laziness. I have not fought nor sought to fight it, yet slid again into the place that steals my soul. But none the less God has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesynod.wordpress.com&blog=4080029&post=66&subd=thesynod&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Need to Accurately Interpret and Understand the Bible</title>
		<link>http://thesynod.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/the-need-to-accurately-interpret-and-understand-the-bible/</link>
		<comments>http://thesynod.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/the-need-to-accurately-interpret-and-understand-the-bible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>philmorebuts</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[interpretation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[study]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[2 Tim 2:14-19
14 Remind them of these things, and solemnly charge them in the presence of God not to wrangle about words, which is useless, and leads to the ruin of the hearers. 15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesynod.wordpress.com&blog=4080029&post=46&subd=thesynod&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Most prayers, even of the righteous, are a big waste of time.</title>
		<link>http://thesynod.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/most-of-the-prayers-even-of-the-righteous-are-a-big-waste-of-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>woodyhambrick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[          Most of the prayers offered to God are no better than George Bailey&#8217;s Prayer in &#8220;It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life.&#8221;;
&#8220;God, I&#8217;m not a praying man, but&#8230;,&#8221;
or the many prayers which are uttered in hospital chapels on a daily bases;
&#8220;If you could just heal Uncle Bob&#8230;,&#8221;
or the common prayer among mothers and wives,
&#8220;Lord if you would just save him&#8230;&#8221;
These [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesynod.wordpress.com&blog=4080029&post=35&subd=thesynod&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Psalm 22//the Cross//the Trinity</title>
		<link>http://thesynod.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/psalm-22the-crossthe-trinity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>helpthereisaplankinmyeye</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biblical Discussion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Application]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Context & Meaning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[was Jesus truly forsaken by God on the cross?
if so, how does that work with his role as God and as the Son in the Trinity?
-Luke
i had awesome made up martin luther quote here, but amanda asked me to take it down. in hindsight it was rather awesome offensive.
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