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		<title>Abrahamic Faith</title>
		<link>http://matthewdgreen.com/2010/08/abrahamic-faith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Land and Russell Moore are vivid demonstrations of the two poles of theological diversity in the Southern Baptist Convention.]]></description>
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		<title>The Moralist Cabal</title>
		<link>http://matthewdgreen.com/2010/08/the-moralist-cabal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The true "Organizer" for any campaign of societal moral improvement would be easily identified by Dana Carvey's Church Lady.]]></description>
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		<title>This Is Your Brain on Religion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 19:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've learned that any religious system that discourages discernment and encourages us to evaluate truth based on our emotional responses should be avoided.]]></description>
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		<title>Reel Persecution</title>
		<link>http://matthewdgreen.com/2010/04/reel-persecution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere, a Christian is being tortured, detained, falsely imprisoned, raped or murdered. Somewhere else, Stephen Baldwin is being denied the opportunity to be a movie star. ]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and Emmaus</title>
		<link>http://matthewdgreen.com/2010/02/obama-and-emmaus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In regard to Obama, any expectations are far too high. In regard to Jesus, we cannot set our expectations high enough.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why False Miracles?</title>
		<link>http://matthewdgreen.com/2010/01/why-false-miracles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miraculous signs, healings and even professions of faith are very poor indicators of whether someone is a true prophet.]]></description>
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		<title>Was Pat Robertson Right?</title>
		<link>http://matthewdgreen.com/2010/01/was-pat-robertson-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it possible that there is some proverbial meat left on the bones of Robertson's misled statement? ]]></description>
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		<title>Case Closed?</title>
		<link>http://matthewdgreen.com/2010/01/case-closed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone recently described the current Christian conception of grace as comparable to someone robbing a bank, saying they're sorry and getting to keep the money.]]></description>
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		<title>Obsessed With the &#8216;New&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://matthewdgreen.com/2009/12/obsessed-with-the-new/</link>
		<comments>http://matthewdgreen.com/2009/12/obsessed-with-the-new/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is our obsession with change, progress, information and novelty a Christian value or a Western value, and how does this type of Christianity engage with cultures that place a high value on tradition? ]]></description>
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		<title>Farmed-Out Faith</title>
		<link>http://matthewdgreen.com/2009/11/farmed-out-faith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend became angry as he realized that many of the things he had been taught in church had not been for the purpose of empowering him to fulfill the primary role God had given him.]]></description>
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