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		<title>Church Membership: Who Needs It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk about church membership and people start to bristle.
Perhaps some have been “burned” by a ministry in the past and fear repeating that scenario. Others cite a lack of perfect agreement with church policy or personnel. Still others are “just looking,” and plan to continue doing so indefinitely. Most simply resist the idea of committing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=obfvisitor.wordpress.com&blog=834706&post=194&subd=obfvisitor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Love the Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I regularly thank the Lord for three gifts which are foundational to my Christian walk: the indwelling Spirit, the living Word, and the local church. Thus, I was pleased to read Mark Perry’s feature article on local church membership. Membership is out of vogue, I think, because the church itself is out of vogue. Whether [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=obfvisitor.wordpress.com&blog=834706&post=192&subd=obfvisitor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Unmuzzleable&#8221; Ministry</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama is coming under fire for repeatedly saying that America has many Christians in it, but that we are not, or at least not now, a “Christian nation.” Few would say that we are still a Christian nation, many claim we once were a Christian nation, and some question whether we were ever one. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=obfvisitor.wordpress.com&blog=834706&post=187&subd=obfvisitor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Church’s Corporate Self-Identity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Scripture speaks of the church as a temple in which God dwells. It uses the analogy to communicate several vital truths. Christ is our Builder and Owner (Matt 16:18). He is our Cornerstone, and the apostolic and prophetic revelation about Him is our Foundation (Eph 2:20). We are being built by a team of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=obfvisitor.wordpress.com&blog=834706&post=185&subd=obfvisitor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Separation from Brethren</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago I spoke to a group of independent churches in a neighboring state on the subject, “The Church Today: Its Affiliations.” I had two main points, explaining the policy of our own church. (1) We will not associate the name of our church with any church, mission, youth movement, or evangelistic movement that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=obfvisitor.wordpress.com&blog=834706&post=175&subd=obfvisitor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Biblical Advice for Difficult Situations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not surprisingly, people often turn to the Bible for help when life is difficult. In the face of a bitter divorce, the unexpected death of a loved one, or crushing financial pressure, people look to God’s Word for relief. Peter writes his first epistle to Christians who are suffering terribly—he calls their ordeal a “fiery [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=obfvisitor.wordpress.com&blog=834706&post=178&subd=obfvisitor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reconciling Scripture and the Problem of Racism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our world’s current “hot topics” is racism. Corporations posture themselves carefully to avoid any allegation of racism. Politicians, media personalities, and sports stars have ruined their careers with racist remarks. Billions of dollars each year are poured into improving race relations. Churches and religious groups are uniting for the all-important task of “racial [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=obfvisitor.wordpress.com&blog=834706&post=168&subd=obfvisitor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Only In the Lord&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when many fundamentalist Christians argued against inter-racial marriage on presumably biblical grounds. It was believed that interracial marriage was an attempt to rebel against God’s division of the races at Babel and a foretaste of the sinful uniting of humanity against God that will characterize the rule of the antichrist.
Such arguments [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=obfvisitor.wordpress.com&blog=834706&post=166&subd=obfvisitor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Independent Church and Its Missionary Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Periodically we reprint articles from past issues that offer helpful insight for us today. Roger Bixler pastored Westerville Bible Church from 1963 to 1996 and now serves with Gospel Fellowship Association as a mission representative.
Someone has made the statement, “The church is missions and missions is the church.” Every local church is, or should be, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=obfvisitor.wordpress.com&blog=834706&post=156&subd=obfvisitor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pride, a Groundless Thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s be frank: the reason humility is so elusive and pride so natural is that we think we have so much about which to be proud. We roll our eyes at the hickish (and irreverent) crooner who complains that “it’s hard to be humble when you’re perfect in every way.” Yet, his self-estimation is very [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=obfvisitor.wordpress.com&blog=834706&post=159&subd=obfvisitor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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