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	<title>Institute for Christian Culture &#187; &#187; Pastoral Concerns</title>
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	<description>Laying the Foundation for the Next Reformation</description>
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		<title>The Royal Race of the Redeemed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev Brian Abshire</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Expanded Version 
Introduction: The Image of God and Cultures
Some time ago, we published here on our web-site and in hard copy for our church, a small brochure outlining our understanding of the relationship between race, religion and culture. At the time, we wanted to make it clear that racism has no place in our church; ...

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		<title>Iron Sharpening Iron: Romantic Theology</title>
		<link>http://christian-civilization.org/articles/iron-sharpening-iron-romantic-theology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev Brian Abshire</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Discussion of Non-Ratio-centric Approaches to Christian Faith
Brian M. Abshire
Table of Contents

Iron Sharpening Iron:
Introduction:
Doctrine and Salvation.
Doctrinal Divisions and Secularization.
Worship in Spirit and Truth
Just what is Doctrine?
The Psychology of Learning and Non-Ratio-centric Thinking.
Various Ways of “Knowing” – Human Brain Research.
Implications for Doing Theology.
Implications for Fellowship with Non-Reformed Christians.
Implications for Personal Devotion.
Implications for Preaching.
Implications for Evangelism.
Implications for ...

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		<title>The Christian and Vampires</title>
		<link>http://christian-civilization.org/articles/the-christian-and-vampires/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev Brian Abshire</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ethics of Vampirism
Myths and legends are not just quaint folk-tales told for amusement-even in the days before television and movies, myths always served a higher function than mere &#8220;entertainment.&#8221; Invariably, behind those stories there exists an entire worldview that deals with the fears, anxieties, and darkest desires of a culture. A single myth can ...

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		<title>New Book! The Christian and the Occult</title>
		<link>http://christian-civilization.org/articles/new-book-the-christian-and-the-occult/</link>
		<comments>http://christian-civilization.org/articles/new-book-the-christian-and-the-occult/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev Brian Abshire</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Chapter One: The Nature of the Occult
 
The word &#8220;occult&#8221; means &#8220;hidden, concealed or secret&#8221; and refers to of such things as astrology, sorcery, magic, alchemy, etc that purports to give the practitioner esoteric knowledge; and with that knowledge, supernatural &#8220;powers.&#8221; Deuteronomy 18:9ff lays out God&#8217;s view of ALL occult activity, &#8220;When you enter the land ...

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		<title>&#8220;Throw Your Inner Child Down A Well&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://christian-civilization.org/articles/throw-your-inner-child-down-a-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev Brian Abshire</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Or, How Not to Die Friendless and Alone Because Nobody Can Stand Getting Close to You  
OK, two quick admissions; the first being that I blatantly filed the serial numbers off the title of a book I never read for the title of this chapter. Therefore for those chuckling at the sheer outrageousness of ...

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		<title>The Inmates Have Taken Over the Asylum</title>
		<link>http://christian-civilization.org/articles/the-inmates-have-taken-over-the-asylum/</link>
		<comments>http://christian-civilization.org/articles/the-inmates-have-taken-over-the-asylum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev Brian Abshire</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Or Weird People in the Church
A long, meandering essay that probably reveals more about the inner, psychological problems of the author, than it does about the state of the church but we were desperate and so it got published anyway
True confession time; a pastor really ought to be a &#8220;people&#8221; sort of person; you know ...

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		<title>Is He Really a Heretic?</title>
		<link>http://christian-civilization.org/articles/is-he-really-a-heretic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 18:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev Brian Abshire</dc:creator>
		
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