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		<title>Why is the church&#8217;s blood not shed today?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Ruhl &#160; Why is it that there have been times and places when the church has been persecuted to the point of blood, but at others the church has not been persecuted in this way? (Heb. 12:4). Sometimes the world likes the church, and at other times the world hates the church. There [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=232&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The indwelling of the Holy Spirit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Ruhl The subject of the Holy Spirit is not an easy one to discuss. If you have not discovered this, then just talk to any number of people from any church, including the Churches of Christ, on almost any topic about the Holy Spirit and you will find out fast just how many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=229&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God Authorizes Accurate Translations of His Word</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by David Fanning I [Note: David has a Bachelor’s and a Master’s Degree in Biblical languages with an emphasis on New Testament Greek.] Prior to God preserving the New Testament in the first century A.D., He empowered the apostles to preach the first gospel sermon in each person’s own language (Acts 2:8-11); thus making it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=225&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whiter than snow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Don Ruhl &#160; For centuries the weather has had a dramatic affect on people, such as whether they could farm, travel, or even survive, and if shelter was not available, they had to migrate according to weather patterns. Their lives were contingent upon the weather. Even today in many other parts of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=221&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who is a Christian?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Ruhl &#160; The name “Christian” should paint a picture of goodness in our minds. Yet, it has been used loosely. The name “Christian” is used to describe anyone who has a religious inclination or was born in America or into a “Christian family.” This has complicated Christianity and softened its message. Christianity in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=218&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Have you swallowed a spiritual placebo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Spiritual Placebo &#160; By Don Ruhl &#160; What is the placebo effect? Let us assume some researchers want to discover whether caffeine increases intelligence. They gather a group of fifty people from all walks of life and to them they administer caffeine. They also assemble a control group of fifty people from all walks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=215&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Biblical Poetry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding Biblical Poetry &#160; By Don Ruhl &#160; Why do we use poetry? It prevents a quick reading, causing us to pause and think about what is being said as we try to interpret the images. This reflection happens by seeing images rather than words. Poetry helps us to understand a more complex subject by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=212&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What has the greatest influence on the world?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Church Versus The World &#160; By Don Ruhl &#160; What has the greatest influence on the world? Our economy? Our military? Our culture? The weather? None of those things has the influence that the salt of the earth and the light of the world have. The church is the most significant thing on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=208&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Popular Mechanics and the Bible</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Popular Mechanics and the Bible &#160; By Don Ruhl &#160; Popular Mechanics Magazine is an exciting and useful publication. I remember going to my grandpa’s house as a boy and reading Popular Mechanics and Popular Science Magazines. They told of useful things for now and of exciting things coming in the future, futuristic ideas such [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=205&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reading the crucifixion casually</title>
		<link>http://thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/reading-the-crucifixion-casually/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jesus and His Crucifixion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“And They Crucified Him” &#160; By Don Ruhl &#160; Have you been in the church a good amount of time? Do you read the crucifixion thoughtlessly? I believe that there is a danger associated with hearing it many times, and I want to address that concern. The implication is not that you are flippant in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=202&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritual law</title>
		<link>http://thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/spiritual-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Don Ruhl The Lawful Use of Law If there is no law, there is no sin, and if there is no sin, there is no need for a Savior. This truth alone ought to show us that law itself is a holy concept. In First Timothy 1:8–11 Paul wrote, But we know that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=196&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are you tripping up?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Ruhl “We all stumble in many things” (Jam 3.2). Often stumbling is ignored or excused by Christians because they do not see how it can lead to anything permanent, or it is written off as just being a part of who they are. Still others will see it as just being human and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=193&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should we keep the Sabbath?</title>
		<link>http://thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/should-we-keep-the-sabbath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should we keep the Sabbath? &#160; By Don Ruhl &#160; Is failure to keep the Sabbath the mark of the beast? Revelation 14.1 says, &#8220;Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads.&#8221; The Seventh-Day Adventist Church [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=189&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The nails of the crucifixion</title>
		<link>http://thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/the-nails-of-the-crucifixion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Ruhl What Would It Take to Nail a Man to a Cross? NAILS: The nails needed to hang a man would need to be long, perhaps four to six inches. We may call them nails, but they would be more like spikes. HAMMER: Moreover, it would take a good-sized hammer to drive the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=186&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should Christians use hypnosis?</title>
		<link>http://thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/should-christians-use-hypnosis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Don Ruhl &#160; One of the many dangers associated with hypnosis is that symptoms are treated rather than the real problems, such when a person has gone to a hypnotist because of guilt. The hypnotist will try to relieve the feelings of guilt, but in truth the guilt is still there because the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=182&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The differences between successful and unsuccessful christians</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Ruhl &#160; Do you ever become frustrated with some of your friends in the church because they struggle in life, especially with their Christianity, when it does not have to be that way? Do you ever become frustrated with yourself because your life, especially your Christianity, does not seem successful? The problem is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=178&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trembling before God</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Ruhl &#160; If God looked upon you, would you not tremble? Would you not tremble, if you saw Him looking at you? “He looks on the earth, and it trembles” (Psa 104.32).  If you were looking upon God, would you not tremble? “The mountains saw You and trembled” (Hab 3.10, 11). Do you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=175&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should we follow our feelings?</title>
		<link>http://thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/should-we-follow-our-feelings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Ruhl Most people want to feel good about themselves. Therefore, they avoid things that make them feel bad about self and pursue the things that make them feel good about self, making feelings the standard of rightness and wrongness in modern society. What do you feel is right? What do you feel the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=172&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Issues: Shall the church ever be free of controversy?</title>
		<link>http://thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/issues-shall-the-church-ever-be-free-of-controversy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Ruhl Issues. Will we ever be free from them? It does not seem likely since even in the days of the apostles issues plagued the church. There has hardly been a time since that people were not discussing an issue, wondering if it was really a matter of fellowship or simply a matter [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=163&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creating a Joyful Home</title>
		<link>http://thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/creating-a-joyful-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Ruhl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Ruhl A joyful home comes from the continuation of love. The fact that the Bible commands husbands and wives, parents and children to love one another might seem unnecessary, but the truth is that families often do not practice love. Husbands and wives are commanded by God in Scripture to love one another [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27414124&amp;post=159&amp;subd=thebiblemeditator&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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