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	<description>wondering musings of a woman wandering (deeper into Jesus)</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 07:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Fundamentalists Need To Be Loved</title>
		<link>http://adventuresinmercy.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/fundamentalists-need-to-be-loved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 07:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To make a long story really really short, I just found a file full of papers, emails, and discussion board posts I&#8217;d participated in around ten years ago (as a new youth/music leader&#8217;s wife and a mom of one, with baby #2 on the way).  Reading them was truly shocking.  I could hardly stand the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth That Frees Us (John 8:31-31) and Why that is NOT Synonymous with a Daily Quiet Time</title>
		<link>http://adventuresinmercy.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/the-truth-that-frees-us-john-831-31-and-why-that-is-not-synonymous-with-a-daily-quiet-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 04:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Jesus therefore was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, &#8216;If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.&#8217;&#8221;  John 8:31-32
This verse is usually used to remind all &#8220;us good Christian folk&#8221; to engage in a daily Bible reading time.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On The Biblical Case for Spanking Our Kids (or, uh, Maybe Not)</title>
		<link>http://adventuresinmercy.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/on-the-biblical-case-for-spanking-our-kids-or-uh-maybe-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I have written a book on someone else&#8217;s blog, I thought I should probably move it over here to mine.  For some reason, this woman&#8217;s posts really grabbed me.  Those of you who&#8217;ve known me for some years will recognize her posts, because they sound almost word-for-word like the ones I used to write.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Women Need a Mediator to Come to God?</title>
		<link>http://adventuresinmercy.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/do-women-need-a-mediator-to-come-to-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edit 5/12 to Add: I love Steve Brown.  Check this out:
I wrote this:
Ah, thank you so much.  You rock.  :o)  
I came out of a very strict patriarchal background (the Douglas Wilson, &#8221;Reforming Marriage,&#8221; Vision Forum sort of type, where we were taught that &#8220;Biblically&#8221; a husband is the husbandman/farmer, and the wife is his field wherein he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standing in His Grace</title>
		<link>http://adventuresinmercy.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/standing-in-his-grace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 06:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
&#8230;You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.&#8221;     &#8211;Galatians 5:1,4
Surely, I can&#8217;t be the only one.  Tell us all when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fam-Damily Update</title>
		<link>http://adventuresinmercy.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/fam-damily-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 06:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>molleth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ 

I was going to write a brief brag about the fact that I&#8217;ve just potty-trained my fifth kid.  Don&#8217;t you think there should be a medal or something for this landmark achievement?  Though, admittedly, I&#8217;ve become a big slacker compared to my early days.  I mean, my first child (at 16 mos) got a potty chair for Christmas!  Shoot, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The (Changing?) Face of Homeschooling</title>
		<link>http://adventuresinmercy.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/the-changing-face-of-homeschooling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 17:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It used to be that before I went to a homeschool seminar/fair, I&#8217;d feel the deep urge to don a denim jumper. 
[Off-topic: I remember one time we went to a anabaptist-ish "revival" meeting.  Even in my denim jumper (which I found out still wasn't okay---it  had embroidery on it, and it was denim, which is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Trying to Explain a Living Thing</title>
		<link>http://adventuresinmercy.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/on-trying-to-explain-a-living-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 04:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can tell that, to some people, I&#8217;m terribly offensive now.  I didn&#8217;t used to be that way (at least I don&#8217;t think).  I was in the same trenches they were in.  We were on the same side.  When my paradigm came crashing in, I suppose it&#8217;s fair to say that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Patriarchalists Shouldn&#8217;t Baptize Females (Dear Dr. John MacArthur on Women)</title>
		<link>http://adventuresinmercy.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/why-patriarchalists-shouldnt-baptize-females-dear-dr-john-macarthur-on-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The weakness of a woman is that she needs a head.&#8221;
“&#8230;No daughter of Eve should follow the path of Eve and lead to tragedy by entering into the forbidden territory of rulership that was intended for man.”
“&#8230;And the intent of what the Word is saying here is that a woman needs protection, that she has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I (Speaking in Servant-Love) Believe Men Should Not be Church Leaders</title>
		<link>http://adventuresinmercy.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/why-i-speaking-in-servant-love-believe-men-should-not-be-church-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[10. A man’s place is in the army.
9. The pastoral duties of men who have children might distract them from the responsibility of being a parent.
8. The physique of men indicates that they are more suited to such tasks as chopping down trees and wrestling mountain lions. It would be “unnatural” for them to do [...]]]></description>
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