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      <title><![CDATA[Lost in Neverland | Many 20-somethings don't lack information, but maturity]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Can you go back and remember the tale of Peter Pan? Peter Pan and Tinkerbell come to the home of Wendy and her brothers and whisk her away to Neverland -- a place where you never, ever grow up. Neverland is a magical place full of mermaids, fairies, pirates, Indians, Captain Hook, and the Lost Boys.... By Matt Nelson.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[The Grounding of Our Doing | The delicate link between the law and the gospel]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When most crack open the Bible, it reads like a harried how-to catalog of dutiful obligations. A compliance manual for the Christian. Do this. Don't do that. Believe in this. Don't believe in that.

A familiar (and anemic) acronym using the characters of the word "Bible" states in its first two lett... By BRAD ANDREWS.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Fatal Attraction | How lesser gods lure us away from our true humanity]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I was just a young boy when it first happened. Gazing out the window of our sedan, my heart leaped when I saw a cityscape scuff the sky. I was mesmerized.

Growing up in small-town southeast Missouri, the tallest building I had ever seen was our town's three-story red brick high school. Now in my pu... By BRAD ANDREWS.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[God's Curses, Our Blessings | How the so-called maledictory psalms can help your spiritual life]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[If you're Christian, you probably love the Book of Psalms. Even if you haven't read it, chances are you sing from it all the time. Evangelicals were taught to pine after God as a deer longs for running waters. Catholics grew up saying, "Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. His mercy endures forev... By Charles Beard.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Joy to the World | How joyfulness and happiness are not the same thing]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The first time author and theologian C.S Lewis perused an Icelandic saga, the picturesque imagery and storyline entranced him. The Nordic European island in the northernmost region of the Atlantic Ocean captured his fascination and transported him into a place detached from his Irish childhood abode... By BRAD ANDREWS.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[On a Mission | Are you living a compelling story?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I had always felt life first as a story -- and if there is a story there is a story teller." -- G.K. Chesteron

People love stories. It's the language of every human soul. People love to connect with a story that takes them somewhere -- that transcends their current reality and captures their imagin... By Matt Nelson.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[One-Way Love | Receiving grace without conditions]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In 1862, French poet, playwright and novelist Victor Hugo released his magnum opus Les Miserables, considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In 1998, Hugo's masterpiece found its cinematic zenith in the Bille August-directed film of the same name.

In both adaptions, one scene stand... By BRAD ANDREWS.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Invitation Only | How generosity is the singular approach to shared life]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[My daughters received an invitation to attend a birthday party of one of their neighbor friends this week. If you've ever wondered how screams could be collected for energy (see Monsters Inc.), you've never been in the same room when young girls receive exciting news in the form of an invitation. My... By BRAD ANDREWS.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Scratching the Surface | Uncovering what lies at top pursuits for happiness]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This is part one of a multi-part series on what lies at the root of our pursuit for pleasure and where to find real happiness.

I'm a sucker for the occasional B-movie escapism. Replete with a low budget, merciless dialogue and undefined story arc, these flicks are sometimes just plain entertaining.... By BRAD ANDREWS.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[The Location of Justice, Part Two | How heaven is the remedy for innate sense of injustice]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Last week, we looked at how the location of justice is found not in a place but within a righteous judge -- Jesus Christ. We said that one day, justness will take place when, on his Father's authority, Jesus will adjudicate the hearts of all and right every wrong in the world.

In this cosmic courtr... By BRAD ANDREWS.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[The Location of Justice, Part One | The link between God's judgment and our sense of fairness]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It was bad news on Good Friday. Actually, it was worse than bad. It was heinous. Heinous and shaming.

On Good Friday, there was a sequence of shootings in north Tulsa that left three victims dead and two victims injured. Approximately 48 hours after the shooting, in the early hours of Sunday, April... By BRAD ANDREWS.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[A Buoyant Hope | Redefining where confident expectancy is unearthed]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[By Brad Andrews

Richard Sibbes, a Puritan theologian and preacher, once audaciously wrote a 175-page book entitled The Soul's Conflict with Itself on one verse from the Holy Bible: Psalm 42:5 -- "Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Simplicity | Life between facebook, twitter, texts, and emails]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Last week I received an email from a girl in her late 20s who attended our church for several years before moving overseas to teach English in Tsalenjikha, Georgia. That's not an area just south of Atlanta, it's the one on the other side of the planet situated between Turkey and the southern tip of... By Matt Nelson.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[The Epicenter of Easter | What lies at the crux of the annual celebration]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This week marks the most important eight days found on the Christian calendar. From last Sunday's jubilant Palm Sunday, to the upcoming introspective Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, and culminating in next Sunday's celebratory Easter, Holy Week is the global zenith of Christianity.

Now, it might s... By BRAD ANDREWS.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Reject, Receive, Redeem: Part 2 | How religion navigates culture in the postmodern milieu]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This is part two of a two-part series on how the church should interact with culture.

"We're looking for redemptionIt was hidden in the landscapeOf loss and love and fire and rainNever would have come this wayLooking for redemption"

--"Redemption" by Jars of Clay

In the first part of our series,... By BRAD ANDREWS.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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