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		<title>knowing God thru the gospel message: love and justice</title>
		<link>http://ghese.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/knowing-god-through-the-gospel-message-love-and-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I attended a breakfast meeting with other Christians at work where a lot of different topics came up.  The one that stuck was a brief discussion on how to communicate when people ask about disasters like Fukushima earlier this year.  Couple of people said something like &#8220;We have to tell people that God [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ghese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=851735&amp;post=521&amp;subd=ghese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>communication depends on communing&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was looking up verses today on communication and I ran into Deuteronomy 6:5-12. 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ghese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=851735&amp;post=512&amp;subd=ghese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Musings on the &#8220;Old Man&#8221; and &#8220;New Man&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://ghese.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/musings-on-the-old-man-and-new-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m writing as I&#8217;ve been doing a study related to the &#8220;old man&#8221; and the &#8220;new man&#8221;. It is a spin off from a word study I was doing on the &#8220;flesh&#8221; (&#8216;sarx&#8216; in Greek &#8211; Strong&#8217;s Nr. G4561) in Rom 6. In writing this, I&#8217;m also taking on a view that some theologians take [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ghese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=851735&amp;post=485&amp;subd=ghese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the WORD made flesh&#8230;philosophical perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[God becoming flesh has a lot of philosophical implications. As Christians we tend to miss these completely because we think &#8216;philosophy&#8217; is evil. Philosophy essentially means the &#8216;love of wisdom&#8217; (&#8216;philo&#8217; = love and &#8216;sophos&#8217; = wisdom). The question is whose wisdom we live by. Anyway, here are a few &#8220;philosophical&#8221; things to consider&#8230; Existence [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ghese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=851735&amp;post=415&amp;subd=ghese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the WORD made flesh&#8230;existential perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that we&#8217;re past the caroling, church going, gifts and the food, what remains is the real account of Christmas i.e. that God became man and dwelt among us. The infinite condescending to the finite. The creator &#8220;mixing it up&#8221; with the creature. That will keep your thoughts occupied for a while especially when questions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ghese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=851735&amp;post=403&amp;subd=ghese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the dynamic of taking part in the Lord&#8217;s supper &#8211; part 2</title>
		<link>http://ghese.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/the-dynamic-of-taking-part-in-the-lords-supper-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we meditate on God&#8217;s word the the Spirit is going to bring to mind both the vertical and horizontal. The horizontal realm is where our lives hit the road. That is where dynamic hits speed bumps, lots of them. Sometimes horizontal relationships with other Christians are not so easy. Some relationships we will mend [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ghese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=851735&amp;post=356&amp;subd=ghese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the dynamic of taking part in the Lord&#8217;s supper &#8211; part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been involved in a discussion recently on the topic of communion, the main talking point being the &#8220;manner&#8221; in which one takes part in the same. It is not just the doing of the ordinance but more importantly the preparation for it. Examination is a key aspect in preparation for the Lord&#8217;s table which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ghese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=851735&amp;post=339&amp;subd=ghese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>understand what comes out of your heart&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://ghese.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/what-comes-out-of-the-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Besides listening to the rant or feeling the state of our hearts we need to understand what really defiles the heart. It doesn&#8217;t matter if we are Christian or non-Christian, when something goes wrong our natural tendency is to look outside ourselves first. The finger is quick to point to someone or something else before [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ghese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=851735&amp;post=299&amp;subd=ghese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>feel your heart&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may sound like a strange thing to say but it just a figurative way of understanding the heart. While &#8216;listening&#8217; implies the dynamics of what goes in and out, &#8216;feeling&#8217; implies the &#8220;softness&#8221; of our hearts. When we become Christians we become a new creation, the old has gone and the new has come [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ghese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=851735&amp;post=265&amp;subd=ghese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>listen to your heart&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://ghese.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/listen-to-your-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That was the title of a popular song by Roxette in the late 80&#8242;s (those were days of listening to unedifying music). It is about listening to your heart as the emotions well inside, and acting on them. It may like great advice but it really isn&#8217;t. Wisdom is not wise when driven by pure [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ghese.wordpress.com&amp;blog=851735&amp;post=234&amp;subd=ghese&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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