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	<title>Dr. Platypus &#187; Matthew</title>
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		<title>Reading the Gospels both Critically and Evangelically</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2012/03/reading-the-gospels-both-critically-and-evangelically/</link>
		<comments>http://pursiful.com/2012/03/reading-the-gospels-both-critically-and-evangelically/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Bird: I have to say that there are two approaches to the Gospels which I ardently despise. First, some über-secularists want to read the Bible as nothing more than a deposit of silly ancient magic, mischievous myths, whacky rituals, &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2012/03/reading-the-gospels-both-critically-and-evangelically/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Sermon on the Mount Gospel?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I already knew this, but I&#8217;m glad Scot McKnight expressed it so well: Here Jesus rises to the mountain — surely an echo of Moses giving the Torah from Mt Sinai — to reveal God’s will for God’s &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2011/11/is-the-sermon-on-the-mount-gospel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Of Prostitutes and the Kingdom of God</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2011/03/of-prostitutes-and-the-kingdom-of-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life as Prayer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2011/03/of-prostitutes-and-the-kingdom-of-god/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons and Carols 8</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/12/lessons-and-carols-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Eighth Lesson: The wise men are led by the star to Jesus. In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2010/12/lessons-and-carols-8/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Christmas Story in Q?</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/12/the-christmas-story-in-q/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doug Chaplin is pondering a few commonalities, including &#8220;a clear verbal parallel at the core,&#8221; between Matthew and Luke&#8217;s versions of the story of Jesus&#8217; birth. What if Matthew didn&#8217;t &#8220;invent&#8221; his story of Mary&#8217;s virginal conception in order to &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2010/12/the-christmas-story-in-q/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do People Become Angels When They Die?</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/12/do-people-become-angels-when-they-die/</link>
		<comments>http://pursiful.com/2010/12/do-people-become-angels-when-they-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2 Baruch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I sat around the table with the grieving family you could almost tangibly feel the sense of grief and despair. Their teenage daughter (sister, cousin) had been brutally murdered by her boyfriend. Our church was the closest thing any &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2010/12/do-people-become-angels-when-they-die/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Witherington: Jesus and Wisdom</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/12/witherington-jesus-and-wisdom/</link>
		<comments>http://pursiful.com/2010/12/witherington-jesus-and-wisdom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting interview with Ben Witherington III about Jesus as a Jewish &#8220;wise man.&#8221; This, by the way, is an important theme in BWIII&#8217;s excellent commentary on the Gospel of Matthew.]]></description>
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		<title>The Genealogy of Jesus 6</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/10/the-genealogy-of-jesus-6/</link>
		<comments>http://pursiful.com/2010/10/the-genealogy-of-jesus-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2 Kings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Zerubbabel, Matthew and Luke once again diverge before they both end with Joseph. How are we to understand the biblical accounts of Jesus’ most immediate natural and legal ancestors? The &#8220;Marian&#8221; Interpretation of Luke 3 Perhaps the simplest explanation &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2010/10/the-genealogy-of-jesus-6/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Matthew 13:44-50 (Dr. Seuss edition)</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/10/matthew-1344-50-dr-seuss-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://pursiful.com/2010/10/matthew-1344-50-dr-seuss-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am J. J., they say. Here&#8217;s a gift for you today. Look! A treasure in the ground It was lost but now it’s found. “I would have that treasure, J. I would give my goods away.” Would you give &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2010/10/matthew-1344-50-dr-seuss-edition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Genealogy of Jesus 5</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/09/the-genealogy-of-jesus-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Father of Zerubbabel Matthew and Luke agree that Zerubbabel was the son of Shealtiel, 1 Chronicles 3:19, however, identifies Pedaiah as his father. Once again, appeal may be made to the Jewish customs of levirate marriage and Zelophehad adoption. &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2010/09/the-genealogy-of-jesus-5/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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