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	<title>jeff mikels</title>
	<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc</link>
	<description>...trying to become more like Jesus.</description>
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		<title>He Came</title>
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Jesus came as Prophet to bring the Word of God to us.
Jesus came as Priest to represent us to the Father.
Jesus came as SON to bring us into God&#8217;s family
Jesus came as Savior to take away our sin.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/he-came/</link>
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		<title>The Church: Can you be a Christian without going to church?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is part of a series investigating the most important items of Christian doctrine. View all posts by clicking here or the DOGMA tag above.

This past Sunday, I ended our service by taking some live questions from the congregation, but I wasn&#8217;t able to address all the questions live.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/the-church-can-you-be-a-christian-without-going-to-church/</link>
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		<title>The Church: Why Sundays?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is part of a series investigating the most important items of Christian doctrine. View all posts by clicking here or the DOGMA tag above.

This past Sunday, I ended our service by taking some live questions from the congregation, but I wasn&#8217;t able to address all the questions live.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/the-church-why-sundays/</link>
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		<title>The Father: God&#8217;s will and human freedom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is part of a series investigating the most important items of Christian doctrine. View all posts by clicking here or the DOGMA tag above.

At the end of our service last Sunday, I took some live questions from the congregation.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/the-father-gods-will-and-human-freedom/</link>
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		<title>DOGMA: Understanding the Father</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is part of a series investigating the most important items of Christian doctrine. View all posts by clicking here or the DOGMA tag above.

On Sunday, we addressed the third statement from the Lafayette Community Church Statement of Faith, but before we can look at it, we need to consider the relationship between human language and the reality of God.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/dogma-understanding-the-father/</link>
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		<title>The Bible: What about the apocrypha?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is part of a series investigating the most important items of Christian doctrine. View all posts by clicking here or the DOGMA tag above.

On Sunday, I was asked about the apocrypha, but I later found out that the answer I gave was partially wrong.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/the-bible-what-about-the-apocrypha/</link>
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		<title>The Bible: Have we found all the original manuscripts?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is part of a series investigating the most important items of Christian doctrine. View all posts by clicking here or the DOGMA tag above.

How do we know that all of the original manuscripts have already been found?

I didn&#8217;t get to answer this one on Sunday, but the answer is simple.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/the-bible-have-we-found-all-the-original-manuscripts/</link>
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		<title>The Bible: Is one translation of the Bible more accurate?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is part of a series investigating the most important items of Christian doctrine. View all posts by clicking here or the DOGMA tag above.

Is one translation of the Bible more accurate? Why the need for so many English translations?

I addressed this one on Sunday, and the basic answer is that because inerrancy depends on understanding the original intent of the original manuscripts, we employ as much scholarship and study as it takes to get back to both.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/the-bible-is-one-translation-of-the-bible-more-accurate/</link>
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		<title>The Bible: Do NT verses on Scripture apply to both Testaments?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is part of a series investigating the most important items of Christian doctrine. View all posts by clicking here or the DOGMA tag above.

Can we generalize New Testament verses on the authority of Scripture (eg.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/the-bible-do-nt-verses-on-scripture-apply-to-both-testaments/</link>
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		<title>DOGMA: The Authority of the Bible</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Lafayette Community Church, I have just begun a teaching series called DOGMA to discuss the core beliefs of our church and why we should be dogmatic about them.

Even though our world is filled with arguments about tolerance, the Bible is completely intolerant about a few key doctrines. We would say the Bible is dogmatic about them, and though we never berate or belittle those who disagree with us, we can certainly hold that over certain issues, there are clearly defined lines between right and wrong.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/dogma-the-authority-of-the-bible/</link>
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		<title>Worship Setlist for 2011-07-31 Living Water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday evening, I will be leading worship for our third and final &#8220;Living Water&#8221; evening: a time of extended worship and interactive training in sharing our faith.

http://grooveshark.com/playlist/2011+07+31+Evening/57665407


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		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/worship-setlist-for-2011-07-31-living-water/</link>
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		<title>Random: My thoughts on prepositions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The preposition at the end of a sentence is one of those grammar &#8220;rules&#8221; that is often disregarded, but the three main reasons it is there as a rule as I understand it are the following:


To reduce redundancy.
To increase clarity.
To strengthen speech.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/random-my-thoughts-on-prepositions/</link>
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		<title>Overheard in yesterday&#8217;s sermon&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During my message yesterday at Lafayette Community Church, I made reference to a couple psychological researchers who made presentations at the TED conference regarding happiness and freedom and choice.

The two researchers are Dan Gilbert and Barry Schwartz. Linked here are the videos where they explain the results of their research:


Barry Schwartz, The Paradox of Choice
Dan Gilbert, Why are We Happy?

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		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/overheard-in-yesterdays-sermon/</link>
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		<title>Make SciTE work like Dark Room or Write Room</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have created a properties file for SciTE that makes it work just like Write Room or Dark Room, but it&#8217;s cross platform and fast! Plus, if you start a paragraph with a tab, the entire paragraph is indented even if there is wordwrap turned on!!

Set this as your user.properties or global.properties script and press f11 to go fullscreen:



full.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/make-scite-work-like-dark-room-or-write-room/</link>
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		<title>Wrecked by Isaiah 58</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I was studying Isaiah 58 for my sermon, and I was simply enthralled and convicted by it. It&#8217;s now posted online at our church website if you want to hear/watch it.
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		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/wrecked-by-isaiah-58/</link>
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		<title>What is &#8220;it&#8221;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some people have &#8220;it.&#8221; Some people don&#8217;t. Some people get &#8220;it.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/what-is-it/</link>
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		<title>Would Paul be a liberal or conservative?</title>
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This question was posed to me on facebook recently, so I thought I&#8217;d share my answer here as well:


  Thanks Jeff. Where would you place, say the apostle Paul on the political spectrum (or could you?):
  


That&#8217;s an interesting question. However, I don&#8217;t think it is answerable.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/would-paul-be-a-liberal-or-conservative/</link>
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		<title>Live Question and Answer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, I did a live Question and Answer session for the second half of my message. Here are the questions I was asked along with my answers.


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		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/live-question-and-answer/</link>
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		<title>Thoughts on Evolution, Creation, and Adam and Eve</title>
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For a few weeks now, I have been teaching in my church on the topic of belief and doubt, so I have been on a personal journey to understand the mind of the atheist so I can better understand the mind of the serious person who cannot cross the line of faith and possibly understand the mind of the person who wants to believe but is having difficulty taking the final step of commitment.

In the process, I have been learning things about the Theory of Evolution that have really interested me. I&#8217;ll get to a couple of those things in a moment, but first, let me tell you my perspective on the whole evolution and creation issue.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/thoughts-on-evolution-creation-and-adam-and-eve/</link>
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		<title>Debate on Gay Marriage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past two days, I have been watching an online video of a debate regarding the constitutionality of same-sex marriages and whether or not they should be legalized.

Gay Marriage Debate at Fora.tv

Parts of the discussion were fascinating, parts were offensive, and parts were really informative.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/debate-on-gay-marriage/</link>
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