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	<title>For the Pursuit of Wisdom &#187; Theology</title>
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		<title>Eternity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“For our light and momentary sufferings are achieving for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory—as we set our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.  For what is seen is temporal, but what is unseen is eternal.”
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		<title>Galatians</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.”
The great historian Sir William Ramsay once wrote that Paul’s epistle to the Galatians was the greatest letter ever written.  Reading it in light of Paul’s intentions—which were well known in Ramsay’s time—one catches a glimpse of Paul’s towering genius.  These words are a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discipleship</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The true Light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.”      John 1:9
&#8220;All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Law and Relations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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“The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.”  Psalm 19
“The law of the spirit of life has made me free from the law of sin and death.”  St. Paul
Having discussed the nature of the soul&#8217;s relations a few weeks back, it is now possible to clarify the nature of law: natural, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Stability of the Heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
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“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”  &#8211;Proverbs 4
Although we are all conscious of that part in us which chooses, the spirit, we may not be as certain as to its nature. It is non-physical, a “breath” that is received directly from God. And in any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Career and Calling</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Fill the earth and subdue it.&#8221;  &#8212; Genesis 1

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		<title>Fasting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;To love fasting&#8230;&#8221; &#8211;The Rule of St. Benedict

One of the core disciplines for life in the Spirit is fasting. Solitude, silence, prayer, study, and scripture memorization/meditation are central of course to any program of Christian growth, but today what is less understood is the place that fasting has in the life of the believer. While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immortality and Incorruption</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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“For this corruptible must put on incorruption; and this mortal must put on immortality.”
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”
&#8211;The Apostle Paul

We have discussed on several occasions the continuity between this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ultimate Images</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Thou shalt not make any graven image.”    Deuteronomy 5
Just as the mind has ideas which it associates with ultimate reality, it also has images that implement these ideas in our actual lives. If we want to worship and serve God, which requires an accurate picture of the world in our mind, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The City of God</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
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“The individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing; and therefore he is like a part in relation to the whole.”
“Man is by nature a political animal” &#8211;Aristotle, Politics
When we look at the art of the Early Church, one of the most striking things is its depiction of Heaven.  Though there are not so [...]]]></description>
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