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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>
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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>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Scriptures That Bother Me &#8212; Colossians 3:16</title>
		<link>http://jimthornber.com/2011/12/13/scriptures-bother-me-col-316/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly—Col. 3:16 A few weeks ago, we had some family come and stay with us for a few days. They live about three and a half hours away, so when they come for a visit it is always a special event. We clean the house, over-stock up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimthornber.com&amp;blog=5305826&amp;post=2009&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>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Let The Singing Begin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lord, your God, is in your midst . . . he will exult over you with loud singing. – Zephaniah 3:17 Last week at our church Bible study, we were reading the passage from John 12 that talks about Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem just prior to His crucifixion. We were going back and forth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimthornber.com&amp;blog=5305826&amp;post=1986&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>Do You Use Your Books?</title>
		<link>http://jimthornber.com/2011/10/19/do-you-use-your-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you use your books? I didn’t ask if you have used books. I asked, “Do you use your books? Most of the books I own have places I’ve underlined, pages I’ve dog-eared, passages I’ve highlighted (sometimes I even underline the highlighted places) and comments in the margins. Some books have notes referring me to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimthornber.com&amp;blog=5305826&amp;post=1968&amp;subd=jimthornber&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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