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		<title>Accountability for Men</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 14:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Resource for men's integrity.]]></description>
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		<title>Preaching Resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Brooklyn Tabernacle/Redeemer Presbyterian Reflections</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York City is great. Fun town to visit. There is so much to see and do that actually doesn&#8217;t cost a cent! On a recent trip, part of the thrill was attending some churches that are certainly on target, Brooklyn Tabernacle, led by Pastor Jim Cymbala, and Redeemer Presbyterian, led by Pastor Tim Keller. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Powerful, engaging, preaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past month, I had the opportunity to attend the Pastor&#8217;s conference connected with our Baptist State Convention. One of the preachers was the dynamic Calvin Miller. He proclaimed (and modeled) the art of powerful Preaching/Teaching. He gripped us from the beginning of his lesson with purposeful anecdotes that spoke to the joys and potential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas wish list?  Doug Baker Recommends:</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night the Oklahoma Baptist Ministers of Education Association met for our annual banquet in conjunction with the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma. Our special guest speaker at this dinner was the new editor of Oklahoma&#8217;s third largest publication, The Baptist Messenger, Doug Baker. In his stirring and impassioned address, Doug encouraged us as Christian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 reasons to attend a conference/clinic:</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Calvinism?  Arminianism?  Molinism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a heads up from one of my great friends in ministry, he pointed to a good link to some food for thought. In today&#8217;s theological discussion of God&#8217;s Sovereignty and man&#8217;s free will, simply stop by the Molinist view. God is so big and good and right, and men try so hard to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ministers and compensation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I had a question about pay for staff and any standard for that pay.  Check out the resources at the site for the National Association of Church Business Administration, and even more uniquely MinistryPay.  Generally, state conventions and national conventions also would have resources to help assess standards.  But then, there is also the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s call on your life.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back I wrote the following, but I would add to this one of the most powerful passages that stand out to me in my own call experience and that is Psalm 37:4-5.  I would also add the following links to books that could be useful in this journey, Answering the Call, and Called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What retirement???  Quick plan for today.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, what about that magic show at the end of 2008, some disappearing act right!  Ouch.  I think we&#8217;re all reviewing our investment plans.  What is your strategy?  Here are some things I am keeping in mind: 1.  Invest in a plan. You know the saying of having a plan and working a plan.  No [...]]]></description>
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