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		<title>Got Character?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Son is the radiance of God&#8217;s glory and the exact representation of his being (Hebrews 1:3) A few years ago, a church I attended in Arkansas hosted a Thanksgiving service to raise money for the ministerial alliance. The alliance asked our church to lead in the praise and worship, and I played the piano [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimthornber.com&amp;blog=5305826&amp;post=2037&amp;subd=jimthornber&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God Factors In Our Detours</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Thornber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. Then the Lord said to him, &#8220;Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years… In the fourth generation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimthornber.com&amp;blog=5305826&amp;post=2029&amp;subd=jimthornber&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scriptures That Bother Me &#8212; John 13:2-5</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Thornber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Humiliated By Service During supper . . . Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands . . . rose from supper . . . and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. – John 13:2-5 (ESV) I have to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimthornber.com&amp;blog=5305826&amp;post=2023&amp;subd=jimthornber&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tale of the Towel</title>
		<link>http://jimthornber.com/2011/12/22/tale-of-the-towel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Thornber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEFORE the Passover Feast began, Jesus knew (was fully aware) that the time had come for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. And as He had loved those who were His own in the world, He loved them to the last and]to the highest degree. . . .took off His garments, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimthornber.com&amp;blog=5305826&amp;post=2013&amp;subd=jimthornber&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>But Lord, I Want THAT Gift</title>
		<link>http://jimthornber.com/2011/12/12/but-lord-i-want-that-gift-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Thornber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have” – 1 Corinthians 12:11 (NLT)  For many people, the Christmas season is their favorite time of year. The time spent with family, the abundance of favorite foods, and of course the opening of gifts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimthornber.com&amp;blog=5305826&amp;post=2004&amp;subd=jimthornber&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Don’t Chase Christians</title>
		<link>http://jimthornber.com/2011/11/17/why-i-dont-chase-christians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Thornber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him. . .” – Luke 15:20 If you’ve been in church very long, you’ve probably seen more than one person leave your fellowship. And I don’t meant they left your church in order to go to another church, which happens a lot, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimthornber.com&amp;blog=5305826&amp;post=1998&amp;subd=jimthornber&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For Whose Benefit?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father – John 14:13 I’ve been teaching the book of John at our weekly Bible study, so I thought I’d be a good teacher and read ahead. I was doing great until John [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimthornber.com&amp;blog=5305826&amp;post=1980&amp;subd=jimthornber&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The God of Jim</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.” – Hebrews 11:16 This verse makes me wonder if God thinks the same way about me. Is God ever ashamed to be called my God? Would He ever refer to Himself as “The God of Jim?” Would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimthornber.com&amp;blog=5305826&amp;post=1930&amp;subd=jimthornber&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Not a Waste!</title>
		<link>http://jimthornber.com/2011/09/09/youre-not-a-waste/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[God never wastes time or people. You may feel that you’re sitting on the sidelines, waiting for life to begin. You’re wondering what significant contribution you’ll make to your family, church, community, and the Kingdom of God. You may even look back over your life and question God about tragedies and disappointments, heartaches and failures. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimthornber.com&amp;blog=5305826&amp;post=1924&amp;subd=jimthornber&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus INSISTED!</title>
		<link>http://jimthornber.com/2011/09/07/jesus-insisted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Jesus insisted that his disciples get back into the boat and cross to the other side of the lake&#8221;   Matt. 14:22-27 I&#8217;m not a big fan of this story, because it tells me there are times in my life that God insists I get into a situation that is going to produce a hard [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimthornber.com&amp;blog=5305826&amp;post=1914&amp;subd=jimthornber&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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