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		<title>Vision in/of the Church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reading through some of the blogs I frequent here tonight, and saw a new post on &#8220;nakedpastor&#8221;. In his post, David talks about Vision within the church (go read his post to see what he says).
That made me think of a conversation I was having with the pastor of a new, small church when I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oddideas.com/?p=86</link>
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		<title>Prayer&#8230; and the power of&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know this is a common discussion topic on other blogs and sites nowadays, but I thought I would post my latest thoughts.
Why?
Because I went to church today, running the sound system to help out a friend who had to work instead. I had the opportunity had to endure the same message twice (as they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oddideas.com/?p=82</link>
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		<title>Doubts, Questions, etc&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With all of the changes in our thinking over the past few years, our complete change in outlook toward life in general, and a new understanding of the Bible, of God, and of Christianity in general, we are sometimes left with our head spinning.
Sometimes, we are simply left wondering what do we really believe now?
Gary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oddideas.com/?p=78</link>
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		<title>I did it again&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I seem to have been busy again &#8211; or had nothing to say &#8211; or both!
Anyway, I just finished moving the site to a new server.
I have been doing a lot of thinking lately, but that&#8217;s nothing new!
Maybe I&#8217;ll even post some of my thoughts here when I get a chance.
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		<link>http://oddideas.com/?p=76</link>
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		<title>Good Shirt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brant has a new twist on the &#8220;God Said It, I Believe It&#8221; T-shirt theology&#8230;
See it HERE
I like his version better than the usual.
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		<link>http://oddideas.com/?p=73</link>
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		<title>On Prosperity&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the well known passage in Mark 12, Jesus says this:
&#8220;I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.&#8221;
Obviously Jesus was admiring the attitude and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oddideas.com/?p=72</link>
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		<title>Sunglasses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday at church, they had invited a guest speaker to come in. Usually, the pastor is very careful about who he lets on the stage to speak. Overall, in the type of large church that this is, it might not be a bad policy. That being the case, however, I&#8217;m not sure how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oddideas.com/?p=67</link>
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		<title>House of God?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was at the &#8220;dedication&#8221; of a large new facility for a local church this past weekend.
Part of the service &#8211; the official &#8220;dedication&#8221; part &#8211; involved the members of the church staff reciting various promises on the stage, each one followed by the audience repeating something about &#8220;dedicating this house of God&#8221;.
All I could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oddideas.com/?p=60</link>
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		<title>Old posts&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve re-posted some of my old posts here&#8230; May add a few more.
The links to some of the other blogs mentioned in my posts will be &#8220;repaired&#8221; as time permits.
If nothing else, it will provide some &#8220;history&#8221; for some hopelessly bored individual who might happen to be reading this blog.
Feel free to comment if you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oddideas.com/?p=31</link>
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		<title>Here we go again&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This blog had been neglected for a while. I was just too busy, and really had nothing to say beyond what I had already said.
When I finally got around to thinking of something to post a few weeks ago, I logged on only to find that the database was all messed up.
All of the comments [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oddideas.com/?p=71</link>
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