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			<title><![CDATA[ Got Milk? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Or how about a cliche or metaphor or just a silly expression you've heard so many times you don't know where it came from? <br><br>Try to make each of yours relate to the one before it, at least in concept if not in actual word or phrase. <br><br>RC Sproul uses one and Lois is convinced he has no idea he's saying it. I give him a bit more credit than that, but I do think he should move on. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/wink.gif... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Clark's Kosovo ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Most of the pundits are raving about Clark's military victory in Kosovo as being head of NATO. After five years out there is still a foreign (United Nations) military presence occupying the country. If it was victory, shouldn't their be self rule by now? <div class='signature'><strong>John Chaney</strong> <br><br><br><em> "having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith . . ."</em> (Colossians 2:7 NASB)</div> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:19:08 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Gilda are you OK? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Massive Power Outage Sweeps Across Italy</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.comcast.net/news/print.jsp?fn=/apnews//XML/1103_AP_Online_Regional___Europe/4c3a85ce-dab6-4e6c-bfba-c057beb87951.html" target="top">Italy</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><div class='signature'>Mary<br><br><br><span style="color:purple;font-family:comic sans ms;font-size:xx-small;"><em><div style="text-align:center">Romans 5:1-2<br>"Therefore,... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2003 15:50:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Mel Gibson's movie &quot;The Passion&quot; ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mel Gibson is making a movie about the life of Christ Jesus. Since Mel Gison is a devout Roman Catholic do yall think that the movie will be slanted toward Roman Catholicism?<br><br>By the way, I like Mel Gibson. ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ I hear something about Wes Clark ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ let me first make clear I am not an isreal basher and I think all the retoric that the Arabs and liberals and Buchanan put out about us being targets of Islamofascists b/c the US back Isreal is a red herring they(al Queada, islamic Jihad) dislike of for many more reasons than that and that is a simplistic paranoid ruse used by those forces. That said let me share this.<br><br>I was riding home from Work last night and heard a radio spot for the Jewish Forward Magazine and they were... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:34:45 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ interesting Time article about WMD's ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If Saddam may not have known the true nature of his own arsenal, it is no wonder that Western intelligence services were picking up so many clues about so many weapons systems. But it helps answer one logical argument that the Administration has been making ever since the weapons failed to appear after the war ended: why, if Saddam had nothing to hide, did he endure billions of dollars in sanctions and ultimately prompt his own destruction? Perhaps because even he was mistaken about what was... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2003 10:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Another milestone, personally speaking that is. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Our Jason is 28 years old today, September 28th. Heidi called it his &quot;golden year,&quot; but I remember as kids my cousins and I decided for some unknown reason that when we had our birthday numbered the same as the day of our birthday, it would be &quot;our year.&quot; <br><br>Well, I want that for Jason! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> He's on the edge of clearing up college... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Orthodox Rabbi Defends Gibson's &quot;Passion&quot; ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This is a very interesting column by a conservative rabbi, criticizing the hysterical ultra-liberal Jewish organizations who condemned Mel Gibson's new movie before they'd even seen it:<br><br> <br><b>September 26, 2003, 9:36 a.m.<br>Protesting Passion<br>What happened to "artistic freedom"?<br><br>By Rabbi Daniel Lapin</b> <br><br>Never has a film aroused such hostile passion so long prior to its release as has Mel Gibson's Passion. Many American Jews are alarmed by reports of what they view... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2003 15:52:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ with apologies to bird lovers... ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2003 11:55:08 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Do you have Cobs in your house? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Where do cobwebs come from? I don't believe spiders have anything to do with them...<br><br>Will, puzzled <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :? --><img src=http://www.geocities.com/anne_g_ivy/headscratch.gif ALT=":?"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <div class='signature'>__________________<br><br>"When the Holy Spirit awakens the heart of a person to delight in the holiness of God, an insatiable desire is born not only to behold that holiness, but also to be holy as God is holy."<br><br><br>- John Piper,... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2003 11:46:47 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ sitting in my hotel room one night ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ this past week...<br><br>honing my television remote operating technique...<br><br>while simultaneously raiding the minibar...<br><br>(it's called multitasking, folks. gotta be able to do it if you're going to survive in the 21st century business climate<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> )<br><br><br>the clicker landed on the Food Network. And there he was<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Mind of Christ ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi,<br>My name's Barry Davis. If you get a chance, please visit <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.mindofchrist.net" target="top">THE MIND OF CHRIST WEBSITE</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->. We have tons of free resources, articles, devotions, message board, powerpoint Bible studies, and much more.<br><br>Also, please check out my new book: <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.mindofchrist.net/autograph.html" target="top">AN INWARD JOURNEY</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>Barry<div... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2003 19:39:25 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Great bit of writing. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.writeronline.us/weblite/weblite-2-10-03.htm">www.writeronline.us/webli...-10-03.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><div class='signature'><em><span style="color:fuchsia;font-size:medium;">~Jane, a Bonsai Ent</span></em><br><br><span style="font-size:small;">Words couldn't express it. They <em>wouldn't</em> express it; they'd mutiny first and become babble. -- James Blaylock, <em>The Last Coin</em></span></div> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:40:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Oh man!... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Robert Palmer is dead at 54. Heart attack in Paris.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,98384,00.html">www.foxnews.com/story/0,2...84,00.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Great singer; I hate to see the good ones go so young. Especially Palmer, who was &quot;simply irrestible&quot;...<br><br>Will, the saddened Badger<div class='signature'>__________________<br><br>"When the Holy Spirit awakens the heart of a person to delight in the holiness... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:21:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ I just wanted to let you all know...... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ that I am still around. I've just been awfully busy the last few weeks, and I haven't had much time on the internet. When I do get on, it's usually to pay bills or check on my bank account. I'm even behind on email. So I don't have much time to be here on the forum. But I haven't forgotten you! I'll try to look in a little more often.<br>In Him<br>Laurie<div class='signature'>"Faith is a living, bold trust in God's grace, so certain of God's favor that it would risk death a thousand times... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:56:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A heart-warming story for our wives ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Once upon a time, King Arthur was riding through the forest when he was accosted by a powerful wizard.<br><br>"Answer my one question, and you shall live!, the wizard thundered. "I will give you a full year to think of an answer. The question is: what do women want?". Then he vanished.<br><br>Shaken, Arthur hurried back to Camelot. He began quizzing all his friends, but their guesses all seemed unconvincing to him. As the weeks wore on, his best friend, Sir Gawain, said to him, "I've heard of... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:19:21 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ How would you answer her? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I have a neighbor who is an atheist. She was an ER nurse for 30 years. She has seen children who have been burned and cruelly abused by their parents. Her challenge to Christians is &quot;If there is a God, How can He allow all this to happen to innocent children?&quot; <br>How would you answer her? Or would you even try to?<br>Laurel ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2003 08:56:37 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ When should the word association stop? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As we all know, this could go on forever. As we also all know, that would be a bit silly <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>and</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> annoy the people who are bugged by it in the first place to no end.<br><br>I'll lock the last thread as soon as I get around to it, after the date and time we agree on (voting will close at 5 p.m. EDT today).<br><br>You'll note I have no option for &quot;as soon as possible,&quot; &quot;yesterday if not sooner,&quot; etc. Please, only the... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Family Bookstore, now open for business ... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ on the Lord's Day!!!<br><br>Yep, business as usual, 7 days a week!<br><br><!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :hide --><img src=http://www.geocities.com/anne_g_ivy/paranoia.gif ALT=":hide"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br><br><br><div class='signature'><div style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="color:purple;font-family:comic sans ms;font-size:x-small;">Gosh, it would be awful pleasin'<br>To reason out the reason<br>For things I can't explain.<br></span></strong></div><br><div... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:16:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ I love to shop! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ when it's for a persecuted brother or sister.<br><br>Voice of the Martyrs is sponsoring a program in which you can order a pillowcase sized vacuum bag, into which you stuff clothing for brothers in places like Iraq and Pakistan, for their oncoming winter months. I just went to the local Trinity Mission, which has used clothing, and bought two good thick, barely used coats, two sweaters, four pairs of socks, and two thermal shirts and a blanket, along with hats and scarves. Total cost, just... ]]></description>

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