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		<title>Hope And Morality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.” (1 Corinthians 15:32–33) I’ve not written much in the last several months, as life has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naivete</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a certain naivete that tells us that a person who professes to be faithful is indeed faithful; and we are not to say anything in regard to their actions. After all, we must always take folks at their word, regardless of their actions. That, however, is quite naive. You see, many are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Genesis, Adam, Creation, Evolution, Christ, And Doubt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Something needs to be said concerning the Peter Enns, James McGraths, and Daniel Kirks of the world. They need to be told how much they need to speak positively. For too long folks have questioned and reinterpreted the Genesis creation narrative with impunity. It is implied, insinuated, and explicitly stated that Adam did not literally [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pastoralmusings.com/genesis-adam-creation-evolution-christ-and-doubt/</link>
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		<title>Why We Homeschool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well spoken by a lady named Heather. Liberals are why we homeschool. Because Liberalism stands in direct opposition of the freedoms that our founding fathers sought to protect for all men. Because Liberalism stands in direct opposition to the value of human life and the worth of the human child that God says we should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pastoralmusings.com/why-we-homeschool/</link>
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		<title>Unobserved</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The leap from microevolution to macroevolution is unobserved: it is simply an extrapolation. See this article.]]></description>
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		<title>Of Micro and Macro Evolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One does not have to accept macroevolution simply because he accepts microevolution. First of all, definitions: Microevolution: Microevolution is evolution on a small scale—within a single population. That means narrowing our focus to one branch of the tree of life. &#160; Macroevolution: Macroevolution generally refers to evolution above the species level. So instead of focusing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pastoralmusings.com/of-micro-and-macro-evolution/</link>
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		<title>Martin Luther On John 1:29</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John 1:29 This is the basis of all Christian doctrine. Whoever believes it, is a Christian; whoever does not, is no Christian, and will get what he has coming to him. The statement is clear enough: “This is the Lamb of God, who bears the sin of the world.” Moreover, this text is the Word [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pastoralmusings.com/martin-luther-on-john-129/</link>
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		<title>Sin, Death And Punishment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the Creator spoke to Adam and warned him against eating of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, He warned him that he would die if he at of it. Some have looked at the statement and wondered how a father could tell his child, &#8220;If you do this thing, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pastoralmusings.com/sin-death-and-punishment/</link>
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		<title>More On The Early Church And Original Sin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The earliest Church Fathers do not speak very definitely on the origin of sin, though the idea that it originated in the voluntary transgression and fall of Adam in paradise is already found in the writings of Irenæus. This soon became the prevailing view in the Church, especially in opposition to Gnosticism, which regarded evil [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pastoralmusings.com/more-on-the-early-church-and-original-sin/</link>
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		<title>Ante Nicene Fathers On Sin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few quotes from the Justin and Irenaeus on the subject of sin. While they certainly aren&#8217;t as precise as Augustinian and Reformed statements, and possibly not always confining themselves to the idea of original sin, these quotes do show that there was an awareness that Adam plunged humanity into sin and that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pastoralmusings.com/ante-nicene-fathers-on-sin/</link>
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