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		<title>and what do you do the rest of the year???</title>
		<link>http://noisedoctor.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/and-what-do-you-do-the-rest-of-the-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was traveling this past Sunday and was unable to get to our church. As I was driving, I was listening to a local Christian station (a really good one) and they had a church service on. I had never heard this church before (there is one on that station that we often listen to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisedoctor.wordpress.com&blog=333844&post=313&subd=noisedoctor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>now that&#8217;s great church stewardship&#8230; not!</title>
		<link>http://noisedoctor.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/now-thats-great-church-stewardship-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This news story on the heels of me pondering my church and stewardship.
HASLETT, Mich. – Divine intervention? Or just plain luck? No matter what the circumstances, a Michigan church is $70,000 richer courtesy of the Michigan Lottery. The Covenant Life Worship Center and its 25 members in Haslett, Mich. had one of the second-prize tickets [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisedoctor.wordpress.com&blog=333844&post=311&subd=noisedoctor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>wise ethics or unwise stewardship?</title>
		<link>http://noisedoctor.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/wise-ethics-or-unwise-stewardship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just got off the phone with someone from my church who is helping oversee an upcoming building project. Given that I&#8217;ve been very pleased with my home geothermal heat/AC system, I wanted to make sure that our church is at least investigating geothermal as an option for the new addition. I told this guy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisedoctor.wordpress.com&blog=333844&post=308&subd=noisedoctor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>am i that transparent to God?</title>
		<link>http://noisedoctor.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/am-i-that-transparent-to-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had this thought last week.
My son (just turned 1 year old) was walking (yeah, he started that at 9 months, just like his Daddy) around the kitchen. I could see him admiring something on the counter. He then nonchalantly walked over to me with his arms open wide as if to hug me. But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisedoctor.wordpress.com&blog=333844&post=280&subd=noisedoctor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>i consider myself in good company</title>
		<link>http://noisedoctor.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/i-consider-myself-in-good-company/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, John Piper (a man I deeply respect) posted one of his Ask Pastor John audio clips. It related to something I posted a good while back: who do you pray to? (and in whose name?). While Piper is far more eloquent than I, he seems to agree with what I was saying.
I add the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisedoctor.wordpress.com&blog=333844&post=266&subd=noisedoctor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>don&#8217;t waste your life on your iphone</title>
		<link>http://noisedoctor.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/dont-waste-your-life-on-your-iphone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this link a few days ago in my RSS reader from desiringgod.org. Don&#8217;t Waste Your Life on Your iPhone. I clicked it. I don&#8217;t have an iPhone, but I thought it was going to be something either funny or practical about the iPhone and wasting time on it. Nope. Wrong.
The full text of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisedoctor.wordpress.com&blog=333844&post=258&subd=noisedoctor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>what if i don&#8217;t want to be happy?</title>
		<link>http://noisedoctor.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-happy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been trying to get caught up on some of the recent teachings by John Piper from the book of Romans. He&#8217;s been talking about Romans 13:8 &#8220;Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another&#8230;&#8221; He mentioned a quote by Jeremy Taylor:
God threatens terrible things if we will not be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisedoctor.wordpress.com&blog=333844&post=247&subd=noisedoctor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>turning down help</title>
		<link>http://noisedoctor.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/turning-down-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re doing almost any kind of work/project and someone offers to help, it&#8217;s very natural to accept. Of course, there are exceptions there&#8211;most notably when small children are involved. But when the project is something important, particularly something you are doing for God, it&#8217;s not wise to accept help without careful consideration.
In my experience, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisedoctor.wordpress.com&blog=333844&post=245&subd=noisedoctor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God uses those who don&#8217;t even know Him</title>
		<link>http://noisedoctor.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/god-uses-those-who-dont-even-know-him/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m reading the book of Ezra. I know, not on everyone&#8217;s top 10 list from the Bible. Heck, not that long ago, I had the woefully misconceived notion that &#8220;Wasn&#8217;t Ezra a woman? It sounds like a woman&#8217;s name.&#8221; Having gotten my facts a little more in order, I thought I should read the book.
The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisedoctor.wordpress.com&blog=333844&post=241&subd=noisedoctor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>praying to free Eric Volz</title>
		<link>http://noisedoctor.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/praying-to-free-eric-volz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got this e-mail about Eric Volz. I hope you&#8217;ll join me in praying for this situation.
FREE ERIC VOLZ
What you can do now…
For the past almost eight months as people have heard
the story of Eric
Volz's arrest and unjust imprisonment, after the look
of disbelief, there
comes a question, "what can we do?"
We struggle to believe, still, that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisedoctor.wordpress.com&blog=333844&post=204&subd=noisedoctor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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