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		<title>&#8220;A Day&#8217;s Journey into Nineveh&#8221; &#8211; How Theology is Rooted in Geography</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 03:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pastoral work is local: Nineveh. The difficulty in carrying it out is that we have a universal gospel but distressingly limited by time and space. We are under command to go into all the world to proclaim the gospel to &#8230; <a href="http://scottemery.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/a-days-journey-into-nineveh-how-theology-is-rooted-in-geography/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottemery.wordpress.com&#038;blog=11610657&#038;post=4377&#038;subd=scottemery&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pentecost: A Prayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 12:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel, that it &#8230; <a href="http://scottemery.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/pentecost-a-prayer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottemery.wordpress.com&#038;blog=11610657&#038;post=4366&#038;subd=scottemery&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Complicity, Confession, and Forgiveness Within the (Missional) Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Complicity The past 10+ years my wife and I have been involved in (what is typically called) &#8220;church planting.&#8221; Our efforts have taken place in differing settings, differing states, and approached with differing methodologies. The work we have engaged in &#8230; <a href="http://scottemery.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/complicity-confession-and-forgiveness-within-the-missional-church/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottemery.wordpress.com&#038;blog=11610657&#038;post=4040&#038;subd=scottemery&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The devil has had all the best liturgies.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometime in the near future, a few of my friends and I will be reviewing James K.A. Smith&#8216;s newest book, Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works. (I&#8217;m rather excited about this as we are three church planters from different parts &#8230; <a href="http://scottemery.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/the-devil-has-had-all-the-best-liturgies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottemery.wordpress.com&#038;blog=11610657&#038;post=4361&#038;subd=scottemery&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Journeying With Henri Nouwen: Solitude Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people. - Richard Foster in &#8230; <a href="http://scottemery.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/journeying-with-henri-nouwen-solitude-part-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottemery.wordpress.com&#038;blog=11610657&#038;post=4350&#038;subd=scottemery&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Medium Is the Metaphor&#8221;: Chapter 1 of Amusing Ourselves to Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 20:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second installment of a dialogue I&#8217;m having with Neil Postman and his book Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. I&#8217;d love for you to join me; consider this your formal invitation. &#8230; <a href="http://scottemery.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/the-medium-is-the-metaphor-chapter-1-of-amusing-ourselves-to-death/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottemery.wordpress.com&#038;blog=11610657&#038;post=4334&#038;subd=scottemery&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seventh Sunday After Easter: A Prayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 11:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to &#8230; <a href="http://scottemery.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/seventh-sunday-after-easter-a-prayer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottemery.wordpress.com&#038;blog=11610657&#038;post=4339&#038;subd=scottemery&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sixth Sunday After Easter: A Prayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 12:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, &#8230; <a href="http://scottemery.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/sixth-sunday-after-easter-a-prayer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottemery.wordpress.com&#038;blog=11610657&#038;post=4323&#038;subd=scottemery&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Beyond the Monochromatic: Why We Need to Listen to the Non-Majority Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 18:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a lot of books. If you were to peruse through them you&#8217;d notice a few things. Many, if not most, of them are theological in nature. Having an undergraduate degree in Biblical Studies and a Masters in Theological &#8230; <a href="http://scottemery.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/moving-beyond-the-monochromatic-why-we-need-to-listen-to-the-non-majority-church/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottemery.wordpress.com&#038;blog=11610657&#038;post=2392&#038;subd=scottemery&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Was Prevented in Eden Took Place in Capernaum, Galilee, and on the Road to Emmaus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is an excerpt from Life Conquers Death: Meditations on the Garden, the Cross, and the Tree of Life by Rev. Dr. John Arnold. Full disclosure: it is one of the most beautifully written theological works I have read. Honestly. I &#8230; <a href="http://scottemery.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/what-was-prevented-in-eden-took-place-in-capernaum-galilee-and-on-the-road-to-emmaus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottemery.wordpress.com&#038;blog=11610657&#038;post=4277&#038;subd=scottemery&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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