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	<title>Elim Baptist Church&#187; &#187; From the Pastor’s Pen</title>
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	<description>A place of spiritual refreshment in Rockford, IL</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Smarter Than a Cow</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/11/01/smarter-than-a-cow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Larry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to be smarter than a cow.
Now, before I hear anyone exclaim, “Too late!” please let me hasten to explain. As many of you know, I enjoy finding and adding antique books to my library. Of course, this is for the purpose of reading those books, and every now and then I find a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Seed, the Sower and the Harvest</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/10/15/the-seed-the-sower-and-the-harvest/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/10/15/the-seed-the-sower-and-the-harvest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Larry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the ways even the casual observer of our world has to determine what “season” it is are decorations. Oh, I don’t mean what is sold in the stores—otherwise we would be in the midst of Christmas right now! No, I mean the decor people use on and in their homes. And the early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every Four Years</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/09/01/every-four-years/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/09/01/every-four-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Larry</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[godly priorities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[presidential election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is inevitable, I suppose, that every four years the same questions are asked. People clamor for a position to be stated and defended, and if they hold an opposing opinion, they make all the more noise so that their take on the topic might be made known. 
Hypothetical situations are bandied about. Facts, figures, statistics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unstained by the World</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/07/01/unstained-by-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/07/01/unstained-by-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Larry</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[From the Pastor’s Pen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Those who have attended our Tuesday morning Bible study in recent months have been partaking in a unique project. I’m reading aloud each of the epistles of Paul from start to finish, without additional comment until the reading is concluded. This approach has developed a great appreciation for the fullness of the arguments contained in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering the Past</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/06/01/remembering-the-past/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/06/01/remembering-the-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Larry</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Elim Refresher Newsletter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[From the Pastor’s Pen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is hard to believe that this is so, but the calendar proves that it is! When the first Sunday of June rolls around I will have spent ten years as the pastor of Elim Baptist Church. On the one hand it just doesn’t seem possible that ten years have elapsed, and on the other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perspective on Serving Others</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/05/01/perspective-on-serving-others/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/05/01/perspective-on-serving-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 20:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Larry</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Elim Refresher Newsletter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[From the Pastor’s Pen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Wesley is a well-known name among Christians, and with many a good reason. Although there is much within his theology with which I am at odds, he was a tireless servant of Christ and His Church until his death at age 87. That he should serve long and well is really no surprise, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pain Hurts</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/02/01/pain-hurts/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2008/02/01/pain-hurts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Larry</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Elim Refresher Newsletter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[From the Pastor’s Pen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Allow me to offer a very profound sentiment as I begin this month—pain hurts! Even now, as I write these words, I can hear the echoed “Amen” all over town. The “pain of pain” is something well-known to most of us, and it is one of those things that we are fairly certain we could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing in God&#8217;s Wisdom</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2007/12/01/increasing-in-gods-wisdom/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2007/12/01/increasing-in-gods-wisdom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Larry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a natural thing to use the end of a calendar year and the beginning of the next as a time for reflection. Regardless of whether you make “New Year Resolutions” or not, it is not unusual at all to spend some time in the last few days of December and the first few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons to be Thankful for Trials</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2007/11/01/reasons-to-be-thankful-for-trials/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2007/11/01/reasons-to-be-thankful-for-trials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Larry</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[From the Pastor’s Pen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past several months I have endeavored to write for you some understanding of the Christian’s relationship to the world around him or her. We have certainly not exhausted the texts of Scripture that relate to this aspect of the disciple’s life, and we may well return to the topic in the near future. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the Messsage to the World</title>
		<link>http://elimbaptist.org/2007/10/01/taking-the-messsage-to-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://elimbaptist.org/2007/10/01/taking-the-messsage-to-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Larry</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[From the Pastor’s Pen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I am writing these few words to you, I await the arrival of some very dear friends to this church. More than friends, actually, for they are a part of this church in her ministry around the world. They are our partners in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They are some of our missionaries.
Our [...]]]></description>
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