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	<title>fiftytwoseven &#187; randy</title>
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	<description>How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, &#34;Your God reigns.&#34;   Isaiah 52:7</description>
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		<title>testing</title>
		<link>http://rlemmel.com/blog/2009/05/16/testing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 15:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[just a test
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		<title>Total Depravity &#8211; Sin</title>
		<link>http://rlemmel.com/blog/2008/11/30/total-depravity-sin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our progress through Joel Beeke&#8217;s Living for God&#8217;s Glory we now come to the topic of total depravity, or as some prefer radical depravity, radical corruption, or pervasive evil. To deal with this topic we need a thorough understanding of sin, its nature, and how it has affected us in our relationship to God [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving and Puritans</title>
		<link>http://rlemmel.com/blog/2008/11/28/thanksgiving-and-puritans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this post on Justin Taylor&#8217;s blog Between Two Worlds.  Our discussions, as we began Joel Beeke&#8217;s Living for God&#8217;s Glory, coupled with Thanksgiving have brought the words &#8216;Puritans&#8217; and &#8216;Calvinists&#8217; to your hearing repeatedly.  The essay linked in the post helps to give us an even a broader understanding of the nature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knowledge Sought In Obedience</title>
		<link>http://rlemmel.com/blog/2008/09/27/knowledge-sought-in-obedience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our chapter from Keller this week is &#8220;The Knowledge of God.&#8221; The following quote from The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God highlights how the Christian is to seek knowledge under God&#8217;s authority.  In addition, John Frame gives an insightful definition of presupposition, a term that has been mentioned in our class over the past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Deck</title>
		<link>http://rlemmel.com/blog/2008/09/21/on-deck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are more than halfway through The Reason for God thus it is time to give consideration to our next undertaking.  If you have any suggestions as to what we might study next, please post a comment.  There might be books that you have read or things you just want to know more about.  All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authority and Scripture</title>
		<link>http://rlemmel.com/blog/2008/08/29/authority-and-scripture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>randy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do we mean when we say that the Holy Scriptures are authoritative and how does that work itself out in our daily living, both in the church and in the world?  Here are three perspectives for your consideration.
First, I recommend Keller&#8217;s companion sermonfor this chapter (Chapter 7).  This sermon compliments the chapter nicely and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are there &#8216;brute&#8217; facts?</title>
		<link>http://rlemmel.com/blog/2008/08/23/are-there-brute-facts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>randy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reformed apologist Cornelius Van Til (1896-1987) said that antitheistic thinkers consider the facts of of man&#8217;s environment as &#8220;not created or controlled by the providence of God.&#8221;  They are brute facts, products of a random universe, generated by chance.  They are then also mute, lacking any interpretation except that as supplied by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When the Good Becomes the Ultimate</title>
		<link>http://rlemmel.com/blog/2008/08/12/when-the-good-becomes-the-ultimate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few quotes from Chapter Five, &#8220;How Can a Loving God Send People to Hell,&#8221; of Tim Keller&#8217;s The Reason For God
In short, hell is simply one&#8217;s freely chosen identity apart from God on a trajectory into infinity. (pg 78)
When we build our lives on anything but God, that thing-though a good thing-becomes an enslaving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truth</title>
		<link>http://rlemmel.com/blog/2008/08/02/truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Reader&#8217;s Guide for The Reason for God:
In chapter 3, Keller responds to criticism of absolute truth.  He contends that in opposing the validity of a claim of absolute truth, the critic is necessarily making a truth claim of his own.  As an example, Keller points to democratic values.  &#8220;Western society [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suffering &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://rlemmel.com/blog/2008/07/24/suffering-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>randy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you listened to the White Horse Inn broadcast The Glory Story (mentioned in the previous post) you heard a quote from Gerhard Forde. Forde is professor of systematic theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.  The quote was from his book On Being A Theologian of the Cross. In the same book, on [...]]]></description>
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