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		<title>The Heavenly Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 1999 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Passages Phil. 3:20 &#8212; Our citizenship is in heaven. 2 Cor. 5:1-10 &#8212; The believer longs for something better. Rom. 8:18-25 &#8212; The whole creation waits and groans in hope. Descriptions of a restored...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Strong and Active</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 1999 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Passages: Isa. 58:1-14 &#8212; The Sabbath and the true fast. Rev. 14:6-12 &#8212; The three angels&#8217; messages. Eph. 2:19-22 &#8212; Christ the foundation holds the house together 2 Peter 1:5-11 &#8212; Peter&#8217;s ladder: faith,...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How We Are Today</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 1999 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Passages: Matt. 7:15-20 &#8212; Beware of false prophets; check the fruit. Matt. 7:24-27 &#8212; Obedience means building on rock, not sand. Matt. 24:11-13 &#8212; False prophets, lawlessness, loss of love. 1 Tim. 4:1-5 &#8212;...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Christ, Center of Our Homes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 1999 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Passages: Psalm 127 &#8212; Labor is vain unless the Lord builds the house. John 2:1-10 &#8212; Jesus blesses family life at a wedding in Cana. Eph. 5:21-31 &#8212; Spouses are to be subject to...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Salt and Light</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 1999 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Passages: Matt. 5:13-16 &#8212; Salt of the earth, light of the world. Mark 9:50 &#8212; Have salt in yourselves and be at peace. John 8:12 &#8212; Jesus is the light of the world. 2...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Zealous for Good Works</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 1999 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Passages: James 2:14-26 &#8212; Works demonstrate faith Titus 2:7-8 &#8212; A model of good works silences opponents Titus 2:14 &#8212; A purified people, zealous for good deeds Eph. 2:8-10 &#8212; Created for good works,...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>In the World, Not Of the World</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 1999 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Passages: 1 John 2:15 &#8212; Don&#8217;t love the world or worldly things. 1 John 4:1-3 &#8212; Believers confess that Jesus came in the flesh. Phil. 3:17-21 &#8212; Enemies of the cross live for the...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>United in Diversity</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 1999 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Passages: Rom. 12:4-8 &#8212; God gives different gifts to different people. Gal. 3:28 &#8212; Jew/Greek, slave/free, male/female are all one. 2 Cor. 13:11 &#8212; Agree with one another and live in peace. Eph. 4:1-3...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>An Open Community</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 1999 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Passages: Mark 10:45 &#8212; Son of Man came to serve, not to be served. John 13:15-17 &#8212; Footwashing is an example for us. Matt. 7:12 &#8212; Treat others as you want them to treat...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>United in Love and Action</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 1999 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Passages: 1 John 3:18 &#8212; Love not in word, but in deed. Eph. 5:1-2 &#8212; Imitate God in our loving. Phil. 2:1-3 &#8212; Consider others better than ourselves. Matt. 22:37-40 &#8212; Love others as...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Same Faith and Hope</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 1999 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Passages: Eph. 4:4-6 &#8212; The NT proclaims one body, one faith, one God. Rev. 14:6 &#8212; &#8220;Gospel&#8221; is the heart of God&#8217;s last message. Gal. 1:7-9 &#8212; Alternative Gospels are bad news. cf. 2...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Persons in Christ</title>
		<link>https://wwugoodword.com/1999/10/new-persons-in-christ/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 1999 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Passages: Eph. 2:1-3 &#8212; All are by nature children of wrath. Rom. 1:28-32 &#8212; Humans do evil even while they know better. cf. Rom. 2:12-16 &#8212; the &#8220;naturally&#8221; good Gentiles. Phil. 3:6 &#8212; Paul...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>We Are a Family</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 1999 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Relevant Biblical Passages &#38; Portraits: Matt. 12:49-50 &#8212; Those who do God&#8217;s will are Jesus family. 2 Cor. 6:17-18 &#8212; God&#8217;s children are called to be separate. 1 John 5:14 &#8212; God&#8217;s family will ask...]]></description>
		
		
		
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