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		<title>By: Kim Kelley</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kim Kelley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: West London Builders</title>
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		<dc:creator>West London Builders</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sweet post many thanks. Iï¿½ve been intending on submitting a post along these lines for months do you mind if I quote you? Iï¿½ll link back to you naturally.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sweet post many thanks. Iï¿½ve been intending on submitting a post along these lines for months do you mind if I quote you? Iï¿½ll link back to you naturally.</p>
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		<title>By: Clarine Nickelson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Clarine Nickelson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi there I&#039;m keen your send</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there I&#8217;m keen your send</p>
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		<title>By: Griselda Creek</title>
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		<dc:creator>Griselda Creek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey there I want to post a new remark here regarding you to be able to let you know how much i Enjoyed this read. I have to run off to work but wanted to leave ya a simple remark. I saved you So definitely will be back after work to go through more of yer quality posts. Keep up the quality work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey there I want to post a new remark here regarding you to be able to let you know how much i Enjoyed this read. I have to run off to work but wanted to leave ya a simple remark. I saved you So definitely will be back after work to go through more of yer quality posts. Keep up the quality work.</p>
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		<title>By: Stan</title>
		<link>http://betterthanblank.org/new-study-bible-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-5911</link>
		<dc:creator>Stan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the awesome post!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the awesome post!</p>
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		<title>By: single mothers</title>
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		<dc:creator>single mothers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A lot of places offer really good scholarship programs which take care of most of the students&#039; college fees, not to mention provide other benefits, like day-care and health insurance</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A lot of places offer really good scholarship programs which take care of most of the students&#8217; college fees, not to mention provide other benefits, like day-care and health insurance</p>
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		<title>By: Mariella Juliano</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mariella Juliano</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great info, thanks for the post!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great info, thanks for the post!</p>
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		<title>By: Male Fertility Diets</title>
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		<dc:creator>Male Fertility Diets</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We observe, for instance, that a lot of people now engage more readily in walking as opposed to driving and the news media regularly inundate us with news of pay cuts and cut down of workforces by companies all across the country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We observe, for instance, that a lot of people now engage more readily in walking as opposed to driving and the news media regularly inundate us with news of pay cuts and cut down of workforces by companies all across the country.</p>
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		<title>By: Dennis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a dismayed to hear W. Young&#039;s book The Shack described as heretical.  William Young&#039;s attempts to describe the character of God in human terms that us humans can relate to through the dream of the main character, McKenzie Allen Phillips, while he lays in a comma after a near-fatal car accident. Let&#039;s keep in mind that the book is considered religious fiction. So, the main character, is in a comma, and the book describes his version of meeting up with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, which take on human form and are described as having human qualities, although they have, as we would expect, divine qualities. There is for me a very clear difference between making graven images and describing a man&#039;s personal dream, in which he relates to the Trinity in a very personal way. All Christians relate to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in a very personal way. That is the nature of the relationship with God that we are, as Christians, are encouraged to seek, cultivate, nurture, and grow, and does not reduce, demean, or soil the Godhead in the slightest. On the contrary, it must please Him immensely, since He manifests himself to us in many events, actions, forms, and shapes, and would be pleased that we are listening and relating to Him through a paradigm, and he Ã¢â‚¬Å“getÃ¢â‚¬Â him. The characters that correspond to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are figments of the main character&#039;s subconscious imagination and poetry at its finest. They bring us closer to God in Young&#039;s personalized style. To interpret his literary effort as heresy or sin insults the intelligence and spirituality of his readers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a dismayed to hear W. Young&#8217;s book The Shack described as heretical.  William Young&#8217;s attempts to describe the character of God in human terms that us humans can relate to through the dream of the main character, McKenzie Allen Phillips, while he lays in a comma after a near-fatal car accident. Let&#8217;s keep in mind that the book is considered religious fiction. So, the main character, is in a comma, and the book describes his version of meeting up with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, which take on human form and are described as having human qualities, although they have, as we would expect, divine qualities. There is for me a very clear difference between making graven images and describing a man&#8217;s personal dream, in which he relates to the Trinity in a very personal way. All Christians relate to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in a very personal way. That is the nature of the relationship with God that we are, as Christians, are encouraged to seek, cultivate, nurture, and grow, and does not reduce, demean, or soil the Godhead in the slightest. On the contrary, it must please Him immensely, since He manifests himself to us in many events, actions, forms, and shapes, and would be pleased that we are listening and relating to Him through a paradigm, and he Ã¢â‚¬Å“getÃ¢â‚¬Â him. The characters that correspond to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are figments of the main character&#8217;s subconscious imagination and poetry at its finest. They bring us closer to God in Young&#8217;s personalized style. To interpret his literary effort as heresy or sin insults the intelligence and spirituality of his readers.</p>
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		<title>By: ERIN</title>
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		<dc:creator>ERIN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey  Alex....We are a weird crowd :)   This book does have me concerned about &quot;truth&quot; factor too, only being a Christian.  I am concerned it&#039;s stating unbiblical things about God, fiction or not.   One review I read quoted Ephesians 4 where it talks about &quot;the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.&quot;   This would sure be a clever way to feed some lies.  It&#039;s cool to be able to talk about and question though.  It has made me think and search the bible.  I was drawn to the comments about how others were powerfully impacted.  I I relate myself having been impacted by Jesus in my own personal life.  Which part was powerful to others?   The unimaginable story, the content on God or maybe the part about this guy getting to know God and developing a personal relationship with Him?   If about God and knowing Him, then maybe some would then consider the God of the bible if they hadn&#039;t yet?   Getting to know Him doesn&#039;t have to be fiction, huh.  God is desiring for us to know Him in a personal way and through His Word.  That would be pretty awesome if that came of it!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey  Alex&#8230;.We are a weird crowd <img src='http://betterthanblank.org/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />    This book does have me concerned about &#8220;truth&#8221; factor too, only being a Christian.  I am concerned it&#8217;s stating unbiblical things about God, fiction or not.   One review I read quoted Ephesians 4 where it talks about &#8220;the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.&#8221;   This would sure be a clever way to feed some lies.  It&#8217;s cool to be able to talk about and question though.  It has made me think and search the bible.  I was drawn to the comments about how others were powerfully impacted.  I I relate myself having been impacted by Jesus in my own personal life.  Which part was powerful to others?   The unimaginable story, the content on God or maybe the part about this guy getting to know God and developing a personal relationship with Him?   If about God and knowing Him, then maybe some would then consider the God of the bible if they hadn&#8217;t yet?   Getting to know Him doesn&#8217;t have to be fiction, huh.  God is desiring for us to know Him in a personal way and through His Word.  That would be pretty awesome if that came of it!</p>
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