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		<title>What&#8217;s Your Abomination?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You might be a pharisee if you are puzzled by this question or immediately dismiss is it because you think you aren't guilty of committing at least one. Let me help you out by assuring you that you have indeed committed an abomination if you have ever taken a breath. No one's exempt. Anyone yelling at me through the computer screen yet? You can get as red-faced as you want, but be careful because you might commit an abomination in the process.]]></description>
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		<title>Day of Truth = Opportunity, Not Rhetoric</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day of Truth isn't about rhetoric or more raised voices trying to win an argument. DoT is an opportunity for Christian kids to put their faith into action and share their heart on a subject as well as their heart for people. As a kid who battled silently with same-sex attractions when I was in school and was teased mercilessly because everyone perceived as much, I was desperate for someone to stand up for me, befriend me and help me. For gay-identified kids as well as kids who choose not to identify as gay because of their faith, there is a huge need for support and refuge.]]></description>
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		<title>The Wounded Unseen &#8211; My Response to Gayle Haggard&#8217;s New Book (Alan Chambers)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am convinced that we as a church must do all we can to speak to these issues - to not only reach out to the husband or wife who struggles with their sexuality, but to also put an arm around a heartbroken spouse and walk with a family in need. If we do not, the culture will speak where we are silent.  As Gayle Haggard says, the ultimate question for her became, "Will I be the woman who washes her hands of the situation and walks away from Ted or will I be the woman who loves him and shows forgiveness? The choice was mine." I believe a vital question for the church today is, "Will we be the church that gives in to fear and ignores those who need help, or will we be the church that demonstrates the love and compassion of Jesus Christ so that the truth will set captives free?" The choice is ours.]]></description>
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		<title>Of Politics &amp; People: Part Two by Alan Chambers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Yesterday I shared some of my heart on politics and people and how muddy things can get when we don&#8217;t represent Christ&#8217;s heart fully and operate with 100% of His grace and 100% of His truth.  I wasn&#8217;t quite finished on the subject so here are some of my ongoing thoughts on the matter.
It&#8217;s inevitable that some may misread my intent and my heart so I want to be as clear as I can be.  I am concerned about hate crimes, preserving our religious liberties and freedom of speech.  I am pro-marriage and care deeply about all the ways I see this God-ordained institution crumbling.  Take divorce for example. I hate divorce. I hate how it has and will affect the millions of children mortally wounded in its wake.  But sadly, I know more Christians who are ending their marriages than I do non-Christians. No wonder it seems like we are the last ones on earth who should be fighting &#8220;for marriage&#8221;.  We&#8217;ve contributed significantly to its present crippled state.  We must own it, repent of it and recommit in word and deed.
Being pro-marriage means that I am also opposed to redefining it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of Politics &amp; People: Part One by Alan Chambers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Chambers</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;m kind of a news junkie and a bit of a policy wonk too. When it comes to policy and politics, I am unapologetically engaged as a citizen of the county, city, state and country in which I live. When it comes to opinions, I have them readily available on every subject and on every person. I could (but don’t) tweet out updates all day long on political issues as well as all the moronic things that our elected leaders (on both sides) do!  A blogger friend of mine asked me recently whether or not I thought speaking out on policy matters was counterproductive to reaching gay people for Christ &#8211; a great question and one that I&#8217;ve been struggling with for quite some time.
A couple of years ago, I felt the Lord leading me to limit our organizational involvement in public policy matters as well as my own public involvement. I stopped attending many of the policy meetings I used to go to and reduced the amount of time I spent writing and speaking about bills and government leaders. I didn’t stop caring about the issues, but I began praying for wisdom about how Exodus was to play [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Love Gay People? (Video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>MST Project &#8211; Ministry to Those Involved With Sex Trafficking in Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Hello friends. This is Alan and I have asked my friend, Christian Lenty, to share about his ministry seeking to combat the sex trafficking in Thailand with the compassion and love of Christ.
It is Sunday morning and I look out at the crowd before me knowing that some may like what I am about to ask, and some may not. I begin with the first question &#8211; &#8220;How many of you here would say that the issue of human trafficking interests you?” and I notice that half the hands go up. I ask the second question &#8211; “How many here would say that you care for, support and would want to help women who are involved in prostitution?” This time more than half the hands go up. I ask the third question &#8211; “How many here would say that you care for, support and would want to help children who are involved in prostitution?” Almost every hand in the room goes up. It’s now time for me to ask the fourth and final question &#8211; “How many here would say that you care for, support and would want to help the men who buy services from those same women and [...]]]></description>
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