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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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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<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>
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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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		<title>2 Chronicles 34-36</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Josiah was only eight years old when he began to reign but by the time he was twenty he had instituted reforms and begun ridding the land of idols, Asherah poles and high places. He also instructed that the temple be restored and the Levites had begun work. Hilkiah the priest found the Book of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=epistlesofthomas.wordpress.com&blog=421253&post=1096&subd=epistlesofthomas&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2 Chronicles 31-33</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hezekiah]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manasseh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hezekiah insured that the temple services moved forward by sending out an edict to the people. They were not slow to respond: “As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new wine, oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=epistlesofthomas.wordpress.com&blog=421253&post=1094&subd=epistlesofthomas&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2 Chronicles 28-30</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ahaz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jotham’s son Ahaz was as wicked as his father had been righteous. He worshipped all sorts of idols and reinstituted Baal worship. He even sacrificed his children in the fire. He was defeated militarily by all the surrounding nations, including Israel. He sought help from foreign gods and closed the temple of Yahweh, setting up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=epistlesofthomas.wordpress.com&blog=421253&post=1092&subd=epistlesofthomas&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2 Chronicles 25-27</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amaziah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jotham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uzziah]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Amaziah came to power and killed his father’s murdering officials but did not kill their families but acted in accordance with Deut 28:61 which says that “each of you will die for your own sin.” Amaziah listened to the Lord at the beginning and defeated Edom but quickly turned to worshipping the gods of Edom [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=epistlesofthomas.wordpress.com&blog=421253&post=1090&subd=epistlesofthomas&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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