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		<title>Blessed Assurances in Revelation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Douglas Clark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2000 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Background Considerations: Of all the books of the Bible, Revelation promises the greatest assurance, especially to those who have been oppressed, marginalized, wronged, in other words those needing hope the most. If one stands back...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Witnessing With Assurance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Douglas Clark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Background Considerations: A confident Christian has something to say about faith and is not afraid to say it. Although gifts vary and levels of intensity (from nature and nurture!) differ among people, those who have...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>God&#8217;s Assurance in Baptism and the Communion</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Douglas Clark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2000 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Background Considerations: Christians all over the world relate in different ways to sacraments. In many places you can never have too many; there is a ritual every time you turn around. And people find it...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Assurance and the Final Judgment</title>
		<link>https://wwugoodword.com/2000/02/assurance-and-the-final-judgment/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Douglas Clark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2000 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Background Considerations: The appearance in the same sentence of &#8220;assurance&#8221; and &#8220;judgment&#8221; seems to create an oxymoron; this does not make sense, because people are normally not encouraged by references to accountability and assessment. Are...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Such a Great Cloud of Witnesses</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Douglas Clark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2000 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Background Considerations: Reviewing some definitions of &#8220;faith&#8221; might prove helpful in a good Bible dictionary in preparation for the discussion of this lesson. The Old Testament is more holistic and uses terms like faithfulness and...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Assurance and Christ&#8217;s High-Priestly Ministry</title>
		<link>https://wwugoodword.com/2000/02/assurance-and-christs-high-priestly-ministry/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Douglas Clark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2000 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Background Considerations: The book of Hebrews is unlike others in the New Testament in its focus and style. What can we know about the background of this book which could help us interpret it? From...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>John&#8217;s Experience and Assurance of Salvation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Douglas Clark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2000 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Background Considerations: The material from John is among the later materials which make up our New Testament. Perhaps this explains some of the reflective nature of this literature since it comes out of a mature...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Peter&#8217;s Growth in the Grace of Christ</title>
		<link>https://wwugoodword.com/2000/01/peters-growth-in-the-grace-of-christ/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Douglas Clark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2000 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Background Considerations: By all counts, the biblical treatments of the Apostle Peter, find him to be an intriguing character in the cast of disciples. Brash, arrogant, pushy, assertive, vocal, impatience, a grand-stander ­ these all...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Paul&#8217;s Experience and Teaching of Assurance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Douglas Clark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2000 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Background Considerations: The major issue at stake in this lesson has to do with sanctification and salvation as they relate to assurance. While Paul&#8217;s experience on the Damascus Road is the focal point for the...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Christ&#8217;s Assurance of Justification by Faith</title>
		<link>https://wwugoodword.com/2000/01/christs-assurance-of-justification-by-faith/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Douglas Clark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2000 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Background Considerations: It might make some sense, in thinking about this lesson, to consult a good dictionary and a good Bible dictionary on terms like: guilt, forgiveness, justification. The latter in particular is a technical...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Work of Christ: Our Assurance</title>
		<link>https://wwugoodword.com/2000/01/the-work-of-christ-our-assurance/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Douglas Clark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2000 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Background Considerations: The issue in this lesson does not have so much to do with the nature of Christ as with his activities on our behalf as reason for assurance. Over the centuries, believers have...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Person of Christ: Our Assurance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Douglas Clark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2000 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Background Considerations: The Christian centuries have witnessed endless debates about the person and nature of Christ. These extended from conflicts about the divinity of Jesus and the idea of a trinity during the first five...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Foundation of Our Assurance</title>
		<link>https://wwugoodword.com/1999/12/the-foundation-of-our-assurance/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Douglas Clark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 1999 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Assurance and the Bible: One of the major issues in this lesson has to do with the trustworthiness of the Bible as a source of assurance. How might one get at this concern? What kinds...]]></description>
		
		
		
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