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		<title>Consolidate</title>
		<link>http://relational.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/consolidate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I simply haven&#8217;t had the time to post to this blog in the past year or so.
We&#8217;ve made the decision to consolidate the blogs down to just the one main blog -
http://pastorerik.hbc-nh.org
Please update your links and head on over!
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		<title>Let’s Change Lives for a Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preaching is what happens when I faithfully explain the text of Scripture and the text of life, when the world of the Bible and the world of the listeners collide in Christ. So my task is to find those things that will help me see Christ in the world and see my world in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relational.wordpress.com&blog=582891&post=48&subd=relational&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some Thoughts on Baptism and Circumcision</title>
		<link>http://relational.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/some-thoughts-on-baptism-and-circumcision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History and the Bible]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why This Study?

Many denominations of Christianity equate the practice of baptism with that of circumcision, often putting the two in the same role.  Although most who make this equation hold to a covenant theology system, not all do.

So the question that we must answer is not whether these people are right or wrong, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relational.wordpress.com&blog=582891&post=45&subd=relational&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Theology as Art</title>
		<link>http://relational.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/theology-as-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a difference between art and scienceScience is primarily interested in empirical facts.  Science uses methodology and experimentation to verify a result.  It involves controlled environments and known formulas and facts.  It has its surprises and its anomalies; but it is, for the most part, boring in my honest opinion.
It is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relational.wordpress.com&blog=582891&post=42&subd=relational&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the Time to Define</title>
		<link>http://relational.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/taking-the-time-to-define/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not sure how the term relational theology has been used in other circles, and we may need to select a new title for this emerging way of thinking on this blog.  If relational theology somehow limits God, as one poster noted some time ago then this is certainly not what we mean [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relational.wordpress.com&blog=582891&post=12&subd=relational&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We Emerge</title>
		<link>http://relational.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/we-emerge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is easy to live in the shell of thinking that we have formed over our lives (both long and short) and convince ourselves that we have arrived, that we have it all down.  We convince ourselves that we know all there is to know in order to make decisions.
One pastor friend of mine was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relational.wordpress.com&blog=582891&post=11&subd=relational&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Restoration</title>
		<link>http://relational.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/restoration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the beginning, God created the heavens AND the earth… [Genesis 1:1]


Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth… [Revelation 21:1]


There is something involved about the heavens and the earth.  They often occur together; and it is no mistake that John ends the Revelation by drawing on the primitive language of Genesis [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relational.wordpress.com&blog=582891&post=10&subd=relational&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Irreligious Faithful</title>
		<link>http://relational.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/the-irreligious-faithful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Religion often gets in the way of Jesus.That&#8217;s a pretty outrageous statement &#8211; so you might want to go back and read it if you just shook your head and moved on.
Religion often gets in the way of Jesus.
What do I mean by that statement?
Religion is any set of rules you have to follow or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relational.wordpress.com&blog=582891&post=22&subd=relational&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Faith in a Minor Key</title>
		<link>http://relational.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/faith-in-a-minor-key/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Some of Christianity&#8217;s most prominent voices play major keys&#8230;Others claim that if you come to church, you will find everything to your liking, from the cookies and coffee to the pop music and practical, uplifting messages.  Rather than speak in these major keys, this book introduces you to a minor key&#8230;&#8221;  (One Step Closer, Christian [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relational.wordpress.com&blog=582891&post=23&subd=relational&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Up for Air and Quoting Ozzy</title>
		<link>http://relational.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/coming-up-for-air-and-quoting-ozzy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submerged
Sometimes we dive too deep.  At the surface, we think we are invincible &#8211; that we can hold our breath indefinitely and reach the bottom.  So we take the breath and steel ourselves and go under and we swim.  We kick and we stroke; and we deal with the pressure in our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=relational.wordpress.com&blog=582891&post=24&subd=relational&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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