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		<title>Baruch: Building a Legacy in a Crumbling World</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leading Question: If God knows that our world is falling apart, how can he encourage us? Key Passages: Jeremiah 7, Judah on the edge of disaster Jeremiah 36, Jeremiah’s secretary Jeremiah 43, Taken with Jeremiah...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Gehazi: Missing the Mark</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leading Question: Can the punishment for sin last forever? Key Passages: 2 Kings 4, Elisha’s insightful helper and the wealthy Shunammite woman 2 Kings 5, Coveting Naaman’s wealth 2 Kings 8:1-6, Remembering the miracle of...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Widow of Zarephath: The Leap of Faith</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 22:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leading Question: Does God like foreigners? Key Passages: 1 Kings 17, God’s intervention on behalf of a foreign widow Luke 4:24-26, Jesus reminds God’s people of the foreign widow Thoughts: 1. Does God like foreigners?...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Man of God: Obedience Is Not Optional</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 22:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leading Question: Is it possible that a true prophet can contradict the Word of the Lord? Key Passage: 1 Kings 13, A prophet learns obedience the hard way The full chapter (1 Kings 13) should...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rizpah: The Influence of Faithfulness</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leading Question: Is it possible for a woman to rouse a king’s conscience? Key Passages: 2 Samuel 3:6-12, A concubine of Saul, David’s enemy 2 Samuel 21:1-14, Rizpah reminds David of his duty to deceased...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Joab: David&#8217;s Weak Strong Man</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 21:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leading Question: When you have a relative working for you and the relative gets you into trouble by his bad behavior, what do you do with the relative? Key Passages: 2 Samuel 2-3, Blood feud,...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Abiathar: The Priest</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leading Question: Does one last mistake, overshadow forever a life that otherwise was marked by faithfulness? Key Passages: 1 Samuel 21:1-9, Ahimelech, Abiathar’s father, gives holy bread to David 1 Samuel 22, Abiathar escapes the...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Uriah: Faith of a Foreigner</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leading Question: When a leader commits a great mistake, can we still trust him or her? Key Passage: 2 Samuel 11 Questions: A Man After God&#8217;s Own Heart? When God rejected Saul, Samuel said that...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Abigail: No Victim of Circumstances</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leading Question: If your spouse does something really foolish, what is your obligation to protect him or her? Key Passage: 1 Samuel 25 Thoughts: Protecting your spouse. From a modern perspective, we might wonder how...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jonathan: Born for Greatness</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leading Question: Does the Lord always choose the best man to be his leader? Key Passages: 1 Samuel 14, Jonathan takes risks for Israel, the people rescue him from Saul 1 Samuel 18-20 Jonathan in...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hannah: Learning to Be Someone</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leading Question: Does it work to bargain with the Lord when we want something very badly? Key Passage: 1 Samuel 1-2, Baby Samuel brings joy to childless Hannah Questions: Bargaining with the Lord. Hannah made...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Caleb: Living With the Wait</title>
		<link>https://wwugoodword.com/2010/10/caleb-living-with-the-wait/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leading Question: How does one stand for the Lord when everyone else falls away? Key Passages: Numbers 13-14, From twelve spies down to two, Caleb and Joshua Joshua 14, Caleb asks for the toughest part...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Appendix B: The Worst Story in the Old Testament: Judges 19-21</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Appendix B: “Who Can Change the Mind of God?” Commentary on conditional prophecy (Jeremiah 26): By Alden Thompson, “Who Can Change the Mind of God?” Signs of the Times, Feb. 1992, 25-27. God is in...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Appendix A: Commentary on the ninth command</title>
		<link>https://wwugoodword.com/2010/09/appendix-a-commentary-on-the-ninth-command/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Appendix A, on truth-telling: Commentary on the ninth command, Alden Thompson, “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor,” Signs of the Times, November 1988, 20-22. Published as “When the Truth Is a Lie,”...]]></description>
		
		
		
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