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		<title>Stolen Bike</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Koops</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I never thought it would happen to me. Lesson learned I guess. I ride, er&#8230;rode, my bike to and from work every day. At first I parked it inside the sun room at the rear of my house. Eventually I got lazy and just set it by the back door. This Tuesday morning, it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notalwaysacting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11120518&amp;post=469&amp;subd=notalwaysacting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christians and Homosexuality</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently a sister in Christ posted a link to this article on her Facebook wall. I&#8217;m Christian, unless you&#8217;re gay. Give it a read. After, I&#8217;d love to hear your comments. Here&#8217;s the discourse I had with her about it: ME: I like the premise of this article, but the hardest part for me is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notalwaysacting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11120518&amp;post=463&amp;subd=notalwaysacting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Koops</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I grew up participating in Halloween festivities. Costumes, candy, games, pumpkins &#8211; you name it, I did it. And I loved it. This year I had the pleasure of greeting children at my door and handing out candy. There were some great costumes! In addition to the candy, I gave each of them a copy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notalwaysacting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11120518&amp;post=455&amp;subd=notalwaysacting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greatness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it that causes us to desire greatness? And what defines greatness in each of us? We Christians sometimes blindside ourselves with failure don&#8217;t we? The idea that we are living ordinary lives, doing mundane tasks, melting into the masses, comes upon us like a chilling wind when the missionary family shares their stories [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notalwaysacting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11120518&amp;post=447&amp;subd=notalwaysacting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day, Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 19:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Koops</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soon I will gain a second mother. What a gift having one mother has been &#8211; I&#8217;m only beginning to see the blessing of having another. She is a woman I know little about, but of several characteristics I can be certain: Caring. As a mother of five children, three of them teenage daughters, her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notalwaysacting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11120518&amp;post=434&amp;subd=notalwaysacting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Love Wins: Chapter 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bell begins his book by acknowledging all of the questions he&#8217;s ever heard anyone ask related to Christianity and following Jesus. Although many are &#8220;disturbing&#8221; (2),  It&#8217;s an invitation to open the mind, unlock the treasure chest of beliefs we have that answer these questions, and re-question them. In so doing, he also recites many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notalwaysacting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11120518&amp;post=429&amp;subd=notalwaysacting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life from Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Koops</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upon hearing the news of my engagement, one of my closest friends shared a word of advice with me that he had received just after his engagement: &#8220;Cherish this time.&#8221; My mind keeps going back to this phrase over and over as the weeks have passed. Other friends have told me of their misery during [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notalwaysacting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11120518&amp;post=423&amp;subd=notalwaysacting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Love Wins: Preface</title>
		<link>http://notalwaysacting.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/love-wins-preface/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love discussing theology. I suppose it&#8217;s about time I join the blogosphere in the discussion of Rob Bell&#8217;s new book, Love Wins. Let me start by making a few things clear: 1. I&#8217;m not very familiar with Rob Bell. All I really know about him is that he&#8217;s a pastor and encourages people to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notalwaysacting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11120518&amp;post=414&amp;subd=notalwaysacting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Muslim Turned Christian</title>
		<link>http://notalwaysacting.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/a-muslim-turned-christian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Koops</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few years I have developed a passion for fellowship with and ministry to our Muslim brothers and sisters. Consequently, I spend some of my free time reading different articles related to the subject of Islam. If I am to be engaged in religious conversation with Muslims, I need to know Islam and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notalwaysacting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11120518&amp;post=406&amp;subd=notalwaysacting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strength</title>
		<link>http://notalwaysacting.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/strength/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Koops</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn; Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was but one, and I blessed him and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notalwaysacting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11120518&amp;post=341&amp;subd=notalwaysacting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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