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		<title>Help in Trouble, Psalm 46</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 17:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Where is God when I am in trouble? Psalm 46 Where is God when I am in trouble? He is in the same place that He is when I am doing well. Therefore, the question ought to be, Do I know where God is? And, where am I in my thinking? Who do I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27414124&#038;post=1176&#038;subd=thebiblemeditator&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does Our Community Know About Us?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; What reasons do we give outsiders for being members of the church? By Don Ruhl Why should someone check out your congregation? I asked that in a Bible class once and an answer came back that we have the truth. However, everyone claims that. So then, why should the outsider be attracted to us? [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27414124&#038;post=1158&#038;subd=thebiblemeditator&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Many Times Does the Constitution Mention Religion?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Ruhl How many times does the Constitution of the United States of America mention religion? One time? Wrong! Two times? Wrong! Before we look at the Constitution, let us consider biblical examples of prophets and apostles who knew the law of the land, and used it to their advantage. Often, we think only [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27414124&#038;post=761&#038;subd=thebiblemeditator&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Willow Creek Found the Book!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 21:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Ruhl Have you heard of the Willow Creek Church and if so, what do you know? Wikipedia says, Willow Creek Community Church (or simply Willow Creek Church) is an American, evangelical Christian, nondenominational megachurch located in the Chicago suburb of South Barrington, Illinois. It was founded on October 12, 1975 by Bill Hybels, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27414124&#038;post=602&#038;subd=thebiblemeditator&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Beautiful Bride</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A woman’s beauty is unsurpassed on her wedding day. Likewise, the church will be beautiful beyond description at her marriage supper. By Don Ruhl The Wedding Is a Special Moment for the Groom  Friends try to joke with him, but he does not laugh as he normally does. He might not even hear what they [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27414124&#038;post=312&#038;subd=thebiblemeditator&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Loving to Have the Preeminence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Don Ruhl &#160; A. T. Robertson, a famous Greek Scholar and Baptist preacher, once wrote an article about Diotrephes, the man who is rebuked in Third John, and 25 Baptist deacons resigned from various churches, because they thought that Mister Robertson was writing about them. Perhaps this attitude of loving to have the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27414124&#038;post=287&#038;subd=thebiblemeditator&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Joy in Unity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Ruhl &#160; The Philippian church was special to Paul, so that in Philippians 4:1 he used some terms of endearment when talking to them, saying: “Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved.” Interestingly, you will see in the very next verse that two [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&#038;blog=27414124&#038;post=255&#038;subd=thebiblemeditator&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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