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		<title>Are Black Clergy Taking a Hike on Social Reform?</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/the-church/2011/are-black-clergy-taking-a-hike-on-social-reform.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Meta J. Mereday
Every Sunday (and for some folks it is every Saturday), millions of people  put on their &#8220;Sunday best&#8221; and pack the pews, padded seats, folding chairs and  rough hewn benches of facilities nationwide that constitute their places of  spiritual worship.
While religion is practiced the world over, the connection for Black people  to their church and the Black clergy ...]]></description>
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		<title>Bishop Eddie Long Controversy Should Not Destroy Faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Todd A. Smith
Allegations that Bishop Eddie Long, pastor of New Birth  Missionary Baptist Church in suburban Atlanta, coerced four males into sexual  relationships are riveting the nation. Some have even said if the allegations  facing Bishop Eddie Long are true it will rock the entire Black church with  catastrophic consequences.
For years, many critics of the church have  said that ...]]></description>
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		<title>Are Online Church Services O.K. With God?</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/the-church/2010/are-online-church-services-o-k-with-god.html</link>
		<comments>http://examiningfaith.com/the-church/2010/are-online-church-services-o-k-with-god.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Christian Fellowship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Borgstrom
More and more people are using online church services as a means to worship and  hear God&#8217;s word. Is it O.K. to interact this way regarding our church  involvement? 
Let me give you a brief background about myself. I have been a  Christian for over 20 years and have been involved in several ministries related  to the church from leading ...]]></description>
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		<title>What Do We Want Kids to Learn Through Church Curriculum?</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/the-church/2009/what-do-we-want-kids-to-learn-through-church-curriculum.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Christian Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Aleena Denison
When examining kids&#8217; church curriculum, I&#8217;ve found that there seems to be a consistent list of objectives. I&#8217;ve narrowed it down to three primary objectives:
• Salvation The goal is to help children understand their need for salvation
• God&#8217;s Word The objective is to teach kids that God&#8217;s Word is the absolute truth
• Behavior The idea is to teach children how they should act ...]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Bowing to Babylon Pt. 2</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/spiritual-warfare/2009/video-bowing-to-babylon-pt-2.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Please note that there are many god­ly Ro­man Catholic Chris­tians whom God counts as His chil­dren. There have al­so been many gra­cious and coura­geous popes who loved God. This video is not an at­tack up­on Catholics. It is an at­tack up­on the dev­il, who lures church­es away from scrip­tural truth. How­ev­er, God Him­self has told us that this in­sti­tu­tion has a mark we dare not ...]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Bowing to Babylon Pt. 1</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/spiritual-warfare/2009/video-bowing-to-babylon-pt-1.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Please note that this video is not an attack upon Catholics. It is an attack upon the devil, who lures churches away from scriptural truth. There are many godly Roman Catholic Christians whom God counts as His children. There have also been many gracious and courageous popes who loved God. However, God Himself has told us that this institution has a mark we dare not ...]]></description>
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		<title>Was the Creation of Western Society Good, Evil or Both?</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/christianity/2009/was-the-creation-of-western-society-good-evil-or-both.html</link>
		<comments>http://examiningfaith.com/christianity/2009/was-the-creation-of-western-society-good-evil-or-both.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://examiningfaith.com/?p=310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is the one organization that has had the most influence on the development of western culture over the last two thousand years? What institution has had the power to strike terror in entire countries with the threat of a simple executive decision? What organization can arguably be held responsible for the destruction of entire primitive societies, in order to promote their own expansion of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Is God Necessary for Morality? Part 2 of 2</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/christianity/2009/is-god-necessary-for-morality-part-2-of-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://examiningfaith.com/christianity/2009/is-god-necessary-for-morality-part-2-of-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 02:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[revver(930355)
Second of a two-part academic debate on the foundational basis of morality. The video ask the questions: Is morality just a divine protection racket? Is there any ra­tional basis for good if there is no God? Speakers: William Lane Craig &#38; Dr. Louise Antony.
Courtesy: www.veritas.org
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		<title>Is God Necessary for Morality? Part 1 of 2</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/christianity/2009/is-god-necessary-for-morality-part-1-of-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://examiningfaith.com/christianity/2009/is-god-necessary-for-morality-part-1-of-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 01:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
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First in a two-part academic debate on the foundational basis of morality. The video ask the questions: Is morality just a divine protection racket? Is there any rational basis for good if there is no God? Speakers: William Lane Craig &#38; Dr. Louise Antony 
Courtesy: www.veritas.org
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		<title>Spiritual Abuse: The Modern Day Pharisee</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/the-church/2008/spiritual-abuse-the-modern-day-pharisee.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://examiningfaith.com/?p=190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Spiritual Abuse”, a catch phrase coined in recent years by Author’s David Johnson &#38; Jeff VanVonderen, is as old as organized religion itself. For most, the historical events which best portray spiritual abuse include the Holy Wars, The Inquisition, the persecution of many eastern Europeans at the hands of the Orthodox church. While many would consider spiritual abuse to be a seldom occurring event today, ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Nicene Creed Revisited</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/christianity/2008/the-nicene-creed-revisited.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nicene Creed was originally written at the first council of Nicaea in 325 AD as a guide to help early Christians understand their faith and as a response to the rising belief in Arianism.
Arius was a presbyter in Alexandria in the early fourth century. Arianism taught that the father created the son in the beginning, and then the father and the son continued to create ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why People Leave the Christian Faith</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/christianity/2008/why-people-leave-the-christian-faith.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://examiningfaith.com/?p=53</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life conducted a survey about the religious affiliation of the American public. This survey indicated that there is a huge shift taking place in the religious affiliation of Americans. They found that more than one-quarter of American adults have left the faith of their childhood for another religion or no religion at all. And that is only ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Church &amp; The Bible</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/bible/2008/the-church-the-bible.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The psalmist wrote &#8220;Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right&#8221; (Psalms 119:128). The first Christians were guided by the &#8220;apostle&#8217;s teaching&#8221; (Acts 2:42). They were taught to &#8220;remember the words of the Lord Jesus&#8230;&#8221; (Acts 20:35). The Lord&#8217;s church has always thus honored and been guided by the Sacred Word. However, this has not been the attitude of all churches.
 Someone ...]]></description>
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