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		<title>Love Your Enemies</title>
		<link>http://unorthodoxfaith.com/2012/02/07/love-your-enemies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the midst of terrorism and presidential elections (and sometimes I am not sure which people take more seriously), remember that historically human government has opposed the work of the Church far more often than government has supposed us. Rather than complaining about the way the government makes life difficult, the followers of Christ should [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unorthodoxfaith.com&amp;blog=556348&amp;post=2840&amp;subd=pastorerik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Picturing the Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Christian Scriptures, the church is depicted in a number of metaphors and images. This varied imagery has led to a lot of crazy theology when taken too far, and not a few whacked out worship songs that I refer to as &#8220;prom songs for Jesus.&#8221; Among the images we have in the Scriptures [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unorthodoxfaith.com&amp;blog=556348&amp;post=2838&amp;subd=pastorerik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bloggers and Church Authority</title>
		<link>http://unorthodoxfaith.com/2012/02/06/bloggers-and-church-authority/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out of Ur posted an interesting discussion from the Elephant Room that touched on non-pastor bloggers and authority in the church. In the panel discussing the topic are a couple of my favorite pastors: Matt Chandler and Perry Noble. I have respect for their ministries primarily because they have respect for God&#8217;s word. Also present [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unorthodoxfaith.com&amp;blog=556348&amp;post=2825&amp;subd=pastorerik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Go Deeper!</title>
		<link>http://unorthodoxfaith.com/2012/02/02/go-deeper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ed Stetzer recently wrote in Facts and Trends that the &#8220;Elephant in the Church&#8221; is the lack of robust disciple-making. He writes: Many churches are now rediscovering ways to push more depth from the Sunday morning stage, better ways to assimilate the crowds into small groups and discipling relationships, more organic ways to nurture spiritual [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unorthodoxfaith.com&amp;blog=556348&amp;post=2810&amp;subd=pastorerik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Straddling Realities</title>
		<link>http://unorthodoxfaith.com/2012/01/25/straddling-realities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yochanan b. Zecharyah was a Jewish teacher and prophet known to the Christian world as John the Baptist. In the gospel of Luke, he is Jesus of Nazareth&#8217;s second cousin and the son of a Jewish priest. Appearing at the beginning of all four gospels and described as the &#8220;forerunner&#8221; of the Messiah and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unorthodoxfaith.com&amp;blog=556348&amp;post=2768&amp;subd=pastorerik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Genre: Poetry</title>
		<link>http://unorthodoxfaith.com/2012/01/10/genre-poetry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Old Testament was composed almost entirely in Hebrew. First and foremost, Hebrew is the language of Scripture. In other words, Hebrew is a language quite literally formed around its use in the composition of sacred writings. This means that Hebrew has a unique structure and style. It is highly poetic, almost intentionally designed for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unorthodoxfaith.com&amp;blog=556348&amp;post=2731&amp;subd=pastorerik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Massive Shift</title>
		<link>http://unorthodoxfaith.com/2011/12/23/massive-shift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Greetings, ﻿O favored one, ﻿the Lord is with you!” But ﻿she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for ﻿you have found favor with God. And behold, ﻿you will conceive in your womb and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unorthodoxfaith.com&amp;blog=556348&amp;post=2703&amp;subd=pastorerik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Virgin Birth, post 5</title>
		<link>http://unorthodoxfaith.com/2011/12/20/the-virgin-birth-post-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the message on Sunday, my friend Matt asked a couple of good questions about Mary and the virgin birth. Both were valid questions worth considering, and both are questions that people have struggled with as they read the Scriptures over the years. Question #1: Why Don&#8217;t We Hear About Mary and Joseph later in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unorthodoxfaith.com&amp;blog=556348&amp;post=2708&amp;subd=pastorerik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Virgin Birth, post 4</title>
		<link>http://unorthodoxfaith.com/2011/12/19/the-virgin-birth-post-4/</link>
		<comments>http://unorthodoxfaith.com/2011/12/19/the-virgin-birth-post-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gospel record in Matthew and Luke makes it clear that the early church embraced the idea of Jesus&#8217; miraculous conception in the womb of Mary. But one of the chief criticisms of the doctrine of the miraculous conception is that the rest of the New Testament is silent about it. If the doctrine was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unorthodoxfaith.com&amp;blog=556348&amp;post=2699&amp;subd=pastorerik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Virgin Birth, post 3</title>
		<link>http://unorthodoxfaith.com/2011/12/16/the-virgin-birth-post-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unorthodoxfaith.com&amp;blog=556348&amp;post=2697&amp;subd=pastorerik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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