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		<title>Understanding Islam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pastor McShaffrey taught an apologetics class entitled &#8220;Understanding Islam&#8221; during our Family Instruction Hour in the winter of 2011-12. Study guides are available below: 1. Father Abraham &#8211; Exploring the shared historical and genealogical roots of Jews, Christians, and Muslims (Genesis 12-22) 2. Ishmael or Isaac? &#8211; Comparing the two different accounts of patriarchal history [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Science &amp; Theology</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Light Before the Sun?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: How can anyone take the creation account in Genesis chapter 1 literally when it explicitly says that light was created before the sun in verses 3-5? Answer: It was proper that the light, by means of which the world was to be adorned with such excellent beauty, should be first created; and this also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The History of Halloween</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 20:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Should a Christian celebrate Halloween? Answer: Before answering the question directly, I need to explain some of the spiritual and historical roots of Halloween as well as a few of its related icons: The Origins The feast of Halloween dates back to pre-Christian England, Ireland, and northern France where the pagans (called Druids) celebrated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is all my Calvinism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Calvinist (Charles Simeon) and an Arminian (John Wesley) had this conversation over two hundred years ago and we can all learn much from it today: Charles:  Sir, I understand that you are called an Arminian; and I have been sometimes called a Calvinist; and therefore I suppose we are to draw daggers. But before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apologetic Principles of the Apostle Paul</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acts 17:16-31 provides ten principles on defending our faith in an idolatrous culture: 1. Paul was provoked by the idolatry in Athens and all of us should also be immediately distressed when in the presence of paganism (verse 16). 2. Paul engaged the idolaters by reasoning with them and we should also be ready always [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Worldview?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 01:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A worldview is a network of presuppositions not verified by natural science; but in terms of which every aspect of experience is interrelated and interpreted. This is a person&#8217;s most basic and foundational beliefs. People cannot believe just one thing. They, by necessity, have a network of beliefs. Beliefs come in clusters (every single one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why on Sunday?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2003 01:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This question can be embarrassing, can&#8217;t it? Why do you worship on Sunday? Doesn&#8217;t the Bible say that the seventh day is the time God consecrated for his people? Where does the Bible say that Christians should sanctify the first day of the week, rather than the seventh day? It&#8217;s a good question, you will [...]]]></description>
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