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	<title>Dr. Platypus &#187; Ministry</title>
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		<title>Resisting the Gospels</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good stuff from Tim Gombis. Well, not good, but worth reading: It goes beyond unintentionally cultivated habits.  I think that reading the Gospels for what they’re really saying threatens to upset and destabilize our church community dynamics that have become &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2012/04/resisting-the-gospels/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chaplain Mike, Douglas Wilson, and a Wood Shed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Esau Christianity&#8221; is a neologism we have needed for quite some time: I’m thinking that what Douglas Wilson needs is a Bible study. And won’t he be hacked off to discover that when God wanted to found a nation, he &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2012/04/chaplain-mike-douglas-wilson-and-a-wood-shed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Transfiguration Sunday Sermon: &#8220;Managing Mystery (to within an Inch of Its Life)&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2012/02/transfiguration-sunday-sermon-managing-mystery-to-within-an-inch-of-its-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2 Kings 2:1-12; Mark 9:2-9 I think the closest I’ve ever been to a “mountaintop experience” was on a riverboat. I had just arrived in Louisville, Kentucky to start attending seminary. Crescent Hill Baptist Church always rented the Belle of &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2012/02/transfiguration-sunday-sermon-managing-mystery-to-within-an-inch-of-its-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Traits of a Responsible Ministry</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2012/02/eight-traits-of-a-responsible-ministry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chaplain Mike changes a few key words and produces something truly biblical out of something John Piper said. His conclusion: Piper and others who are elevating male/female distinctions in our day not only have an insufficient view of gender but, &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2012/02/eight-traits-of-a-responsible-ministry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Egalitarianism</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2011/12/christian-egalitarianism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go read Ken Schenck for a succinct, Bible-affirming defense of gender equality in the church and the family.]]></description>
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		<title>Prepare to Be Discouraged</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2011/12/prepare-to-be-discouraged/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t want anything to upset your Christmas spirit (or your faith in humanity), please click away. A church’s decision to ban a couple from its congregation, simply because their skin color is different, has cut through the heart &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2011/12/prepare-to-be-discouraged/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Sermon that Might Have Been</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2011/11/the-sermon-that-might-have-been/</link>
		<comments>http://pursiful.com/2011/11/the-sermon-that-might-have-been/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Touching (and heartbreaking) story from Chaplain Mike: At the very beginning of the pastor’s message, these thoughts came to me. If what I just described had been the sermon, in my view it would have faithfully represented a plain and &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2011/11/the-sermon-that-might-have-been/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Random Thought</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2011/11/random-thought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus&#8217; enemies denounced him as a friend of sinners. He never denied the charge. In fact he augmented it: &#8220;I&#8217;ve come for people who are sick, not those who are healthy.&#8221; It seems to me we do a disservice to &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2011/11/random-thought/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Columbus Day Reading: The People and the Black Book</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2011/10/columbus-day-reading-the-people-and-the-black-book/</link>
		<comments>http://pursiful.com/2011/10/columbus-day-reading-the-people-and-the-black-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever else you do this Columbus Day, please read this column by Mark Buchanan. Please. &#8220;It must be hard for you,&#8221; I said to the First Nations people, &#8220;to believe that salvation has come to my house when I refuse &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2011/10/columbus-day-reading-the-people-and-the-black-book/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Sociology of Sunday School</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2011/09/a-sociology-of-sunday-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Leonard provides a wonderful brief history of and apologia for Sunday School and its influence on Protestant American Christianity. In American Grace, Robert Putnam and David Campbell report that in one 2006 survey 36 percent of Americans claimed participation &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2011/09/a-sociology-of-sunday-school/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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