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		<title>Nehemiah 4-6</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Their enemies taunted those rebuilding Jerusalem and threatened them physically. Nehemiah ensured the safety of the workers by taking precautions so that no one was working without being guarded by someone else prepared for battle. Then in chapter 5 he had to deal with internal strife between the rich and poor. The richer were lending [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=epistlesofthomas.wordpress.com&blog=421253&post=1122&subd=epistlesofthomas&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nehemiah 1-3</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sanballat]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This book begins with Nehemiah’s discovery that Jerusalem still lies in ruins with her gates burned and wall broken down. In serving as cupbearer to the king he appeared sad and King Artaxerxes asked what was wrong. Nehemiah explained the situation and offered a quick prayer to God before requesting that he be sent to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=epistlesofthomas.wordpress.com&blog=421253&post=1120&subd=epistlesofthomas&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ezra 7-10</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This section records the journey of Ezra and many Jews to Jerusalem as commanded by the king. Ezra makes the frank admission: “I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, ‘The gracious hand of our God is on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=epistlesofthomas.wordpress.com&blog=421253&post=1118&subd=epistlesofthomas&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canadians donated $8.19 billion to charities in 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The statistics for 2008 have been released which show that Canadians donated $8.19 billion to charity in 2008. This is a drop of 5.3 per cent from 2007. It was also the lowest annual donation figure since 2005 when $7.9 billion was given. Of course the recession is being blamed for this drop in giving. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=epistlesofthomas.wordpress.com&blog=421253&post=1116&subd=epistlesofthomas&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the day &#8211; Shane &amp; Chris</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Pastoral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The divorce rate of evangelical Christians now surpasses that of the rest of the population in the United States. Evangelicals are getting divorced, and gay folks are wanting to get married, and religionists keep accusing homosexuals of destroying the family. Yikes&#8221; (233).
Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw, Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals. Grand Rapids: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=epistlesofthomas.wordpress.com&blog=421253&post=1113&subd=epistlesofthomas&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Francis Chan in Christianity Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brandon, John. &#8220;Crazy Passion: Francis Chan keeps pushing and pushing to make more and more disciples.&#8221; Christianity Today. 10/16/2009 09:53AM.
A couple of days ago Christianity Today published an article about Francis Chan, author of Crazy Love and Forgotten God, both of which I have reviewed recently. It focuses on his personal story and his current [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=epistlesofthomas.wordpress.com&blog=421253&post=1110&subd=epistlesofthomas&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quote(s) of the day &#8211; William Carey</title>
		<link>http://epistlesofthomas.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/quotes-of-the-day-william-carey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Missions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Carey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today we have a humorous quote from our good friend William Carey and his book that shaped the world of Protestant missions:
&#8220;It is well known to require no very extraordinary talents to learn, in the space of a year, or two at most, the language of any people upon the earth, so much of it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=epistlesofthomas.wordpress.com&blog=421253&post=1107&subd=epistlesofthomas&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How well do you see colour?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How well do you see colour?; Or perhaps how good is your computer monitor? This website allows you to arrange colours in order and then scores your ability to distinguish them. It will display which colours you had trouble with and then rate you according to your age and gender. I scored a 24 on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=epistlesofthomas.wordpress.com&blog=421253&post=1104&subd=epistlesofthomas&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ezra 4-6</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Old Testament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artaxerxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecbatana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ezra]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The local people opposed the return of Judah and Benjamin and spoke against them, attempting to discourage them and stop the work. Chapter 4 contains a letter written by them to King Artaxerxes in which they warned that the Hebrews would rebel once Jerusalem was rebuilt. King Artaxerxes was indeed concerned and ordered the work [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=epistlesofthomas.wordpress.com&blog=421253&post=1102&subd=epistlesofthomas&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ezra 1-3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cyrus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ezra begins by stating the decree of Cyrus to return the people to Jerusalem and build a temple to God there. To facilitate this he returned 5,400 articles of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar had brought to Babylon along with the exiles. The second chapter lists the totals of the men of Judah who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=epistlesofthomas.wordpress.com&blog=421253&post=1098&subd=epistlesofthomas&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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