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	<title>Meditations</title>
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	<description>Encountering God in the Daily Ordinariness of Life.</description>
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		<title>Two-Faced People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a whole category of people whose behavior, by and large, we excuse. However, God doesn’t.  He doesn’t find them acceptable; they and the unseen attitude of their hearts he finds deplorable.  They are the kind of people who will say one thing to your face, but quite another thing behind your back.  Even worse in God’s eye than what they say about you behind your back is what they think about you in their heart.  The psalmist says they speak peace when they are in front of you, but even before the conversation ends, their mind is already flooded with ill will toward you. We might say they are two-faced.  The Bible calls them hypocrites. ]]></description>
		<link>http://raynoah.com/2010/03/10/two-faced-people/</link>
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		<title>Industrial Strength Friendship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ruth 1:1-4:22
Industrial Strength Friendship
But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go;wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God willbe my God. Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried.May the Lord punish me severely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://raynoah.com/2010/03/09/industrial-strength-friendship/</link>
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		<title>Holy Risk Takers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Matthew 23:1-25:46
Holy Risk Takers
“The kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who calledhis own servants and delivered his goods to them.  To one he gave fivetalents, to another two, and to another one, to each accordingto his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey… But he who had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://raynoah.com/2010/03/08/holy-risk-takers/</link>
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		<title>Staying Pure On A Sexually Polluted Planet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Genesis 36:1-39:23
Staying Pure On A Sexually Polluted Planet
Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, and after a while his master&#8217;s wifetook notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he refused!Genesis 39:6-8
 
Go Deep: A while back a Newsweek article began with this attention-grabber:  “In the [near future] you’re going to have better sex [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://raynoah.com/2010/03/08/staying-pure-on-a-sexually-polluted-planet/</link>
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		<title>When Criticism Leaves A Mark</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Psalm 24:1-26:12 
When Criticism Leaves A Mark
Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have led a blameless life;I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;for your love is ever before me,and I walk continually in your truth.Psalm 26:1-3
Go Deep: Have you ever been savagely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://raynoah.com/2010/03/04/when-criticism-leaves-a-mark/</link>
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		<title>No Controlling Moral Authority</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Judges 17:1-21:25
No Controlling Moral AuthorityJudges 21:25
Go Deep: That line pretty well sums up the sad story of the book of Judges.  Several times in the last few chapters the author gives us several variations of this statement: “In those days, Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://raynoah.com/2010/03/02/no-controlling-moral-authority/</link>
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		<title>Who Was That Masked Man?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Genesis 32:1-35:29
Who Was That Masked Man?
Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you havestruggled with God and with men and have overcome.Genesis 32:28 
Go Deep: There was a day when entertainment didn’t come through the television set; it came through the radio.  Believe it or not, I can remember those days—at least [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://raynoah.com/2010/03/01/who-was-that-masked-man/</link>
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		<title>The All-Inclusive, Exclusive God</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Matthew 20:1-22:46 
The All-Inclusive, Exclusive God
“Many are called, but few are chosen.”Matthew 22:14
Go Deep: I am always amazed at people’s reaction to the tragic and untimely death of a pop culture icon like Michael Jackson, or a venerable political figure like Ted Kennedy.  Adoring fans, devotees and sycophants assume that no matter what kind of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://raynoah.com/2010/03/01/the-all-inclusive-exclusive-god/</link>
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		<title>So You’re Having A Really Rotten Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA["My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" David was not just speaking on a personal level about having a really rotten day, he was also speaking prophetically of a time when Jesus, the Son of David would have a really rotten day hanging on a cross bearing the punishment for our sins. Anytime you're having a bad day, let your pain and disappointment be a simple reminder that Christ's worst day was the birthday of the best day of your life--the day your sins were forgiven and you received eternal life!]]></description>
		<link>http://raynoah.com/2010/02/24/so-you%e2%80%99re-having-a-really-rotten-day/</link>
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		<title>Flawed Leaders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Judges 12:1-16:31
Flawed Leaders
When her son was born, she named him Samson. And the Lord blessed himas he grew up. And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him.Judges 13:24-25 (NLT)
Go Deep: Samson’s story in Judges 13-16 is a real head-scratcher. Obviously he was an amazingly talented but incredibly flawed leader.  He was as strong [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://raynoah.com/2010/02/23/flawed-leaders/</link>
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