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		<title>How this is about context (and not botching the Bible)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 20:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Irwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So…the debate on Capitol Hill turned biblical the other day. Democrats and Republicans took turns quoting Scripture during a debate over a proposed $4 billion cut to the welfare program formerly known as food stamps (now the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP). Kicking things off, Representative Juan Vargas (D-California): There are starving children in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=benirwin.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1150137&#038;post=7049&#038;subd=benirwin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Islam is no more a &#8220;religion of violence&#8221; than is my faith</title>
		<link>http://benirwin.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/islam-christianity-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 13:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Irwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston bombings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes a single Facebook post can restore your faith in humanity just a little bit. Like when a friend who’s a Boston-area church leader shared that she was engaging in a dialogue with her Muslim counterparts, reflecting together on the Boston bombings and the days ahead. What a concept. Talking WITH people of the Islamic [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=benirwin.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1150137&#038;post=7023&#038;subd=benirwin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How there&#8217;s a better way to read Genesis 1</title>
		<link>http://benirwin.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/genesis-1-what-if/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Irwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Walton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post was inspired by a conversation with some friends about a book called The Lost World of Genesis One by John Walton. What if you could read Genesis 1 and utterly miss the point? What if someone told you Genesis 1 has a lot in common with other (older) creation tales from the ancient [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=benirwin.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1150137&#038;post=6190&#038;subd=benirwin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How not to be a theological bully</title>
		<link>http://benirwin.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/how-not-to-be-a-theological-bully/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Irwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I’m not saying you’re a heretic. Just that you’re a heretical promoter of heresy.”  That, in a nutshell, is the gist of Ken Ham’s latest post addressing Pete Enns. (You might say Enns is Ham&#8217;s theological arch nemesis.) [Background: Enns is an evangelical theologian who accepts the scientific consensus on evolution and has written extensively about its [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=benirwin.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1150137&#038;post=6964&#038;subd=benirwin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kyrie eleison, Boston (and Iraq)</title>
		<link>http://benirwin.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/kyrie-elieson-boston-and-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Irwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, as officials comb Boston in search of answers and in search of justice, may we remember that there is only so much we can say . . . And so very much that we should not say. Let no one say that 8-year old Martin Richard died yesterday because “God needed another angel in heaven.” God is [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=benirwin.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1150137&#038;post=6937&#038;subd=benirwin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How it&#8217;s time for a grownup conversation about abortion</title>
		<link>http://benirwin.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/grownup-conversation-about-abortion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Irwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Merritt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kirsten Powers’ USA Today column about the murder trial of Pennsylvania abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell is currently lighting up the internet because of (a) the shocking nature of Gosnell&#8217;s crimes and (b) Powers&#8217; charge that the story has drawn little national media attention because of liberal media bias.* Let&#8217;s be clear: the accusations against Gosnell [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=benirwin.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1150137&#038;post=6886&#038;subd=benirwin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How I need to learn to mourn with those who mourn</title>
		<link>http://benirwin.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/how-i-need-to-learn-to-mourn-with-those-who-mourn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Irwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Dobson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Piper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Driscoll]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When news broke that Rick Warren’s son, Matthew, had taken his own life, it wasn’t long before the outpouring of support gave way to a more repugnant sentiment. People taking to social media to mock Warren’s faith . . . To declare his family’s heartbreaking loss to be some sort of payback for his theology or his [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=benirwin.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1150137&#038;post=6860&#038;subd=benirwin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How I may not &#8220;cherish every moment&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://benirwin.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/cherish-every-moment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Irwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“You should cherish every moment with your kids. They grow up so fast!” Yup. Every overwrought parent has heard this well-meaning advice at some point. A Minnesota pastor named Steve Weins has a brilliant take on this. The truth is, I don&#8217;t cherish EVERY moment with my daughter. And I&#8217;m OK with that. I don’t [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=benirwin.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1150137&#038;post=6428&#038;subd=benirwin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How &#8220;love your neighbor&#8221; is the Bible&#8217;s sexual ethic</title>
		<link>http://benirwin.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/love-your-neighbor-ethic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Irwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sexual ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abstinence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the final installment in a five-part series on sexual ethics. Part 1 looked at the ramifications of the evangelical purity culture. Part 2 considered “sex as marriage” as a starting point for a biblical sexual ethic. Part 3 and part 4 explored some of the limitations of this starting point. Part 5 below [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=benirwin.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1150137&#038;post=6784&#038;subd=benirwin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How it’s the day after the first day of the new creation</title>
		<link>http://benirwin.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/how-its-the-day-after-the-first-day-of-the-new-creation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Irwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a hard time believing in the resurrection. I’ve lost count of how many times the only prayer I could summon the will to pray is the one in Mark 9. Or how many times I’ve asked — safely beyond earshot of anyone else, of course — “What if we made this up because we’re [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=benirwin.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1150137&#038;post=6759&#038;subd=benirwin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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