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	<title>a believer's journal &#187; politics</title>
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		<title>on earth as it is in heaven</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/04/09/on-earth-as-it-is-in-heaven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[N. T. Wright is right! The separation of religion from &#8220;real life,&#8221; the separation of faith from politics, from the push and pull of the everyday decisions that impact the lives of persons and communities of persons, is artificial and contrary to the &#8220;way&#8221; to which Jesus calls his followers. Faith is not just about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;warring for control of the american soul&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., quoted from an interview with Mark Jacobson: There is an ancient struggle between two separate philosophies, warring for control of the American soul. The first was set forth by John Winthrop in 1630, when he made the most important speech in American history, â€˜A Model of Christian Charity,â€™ on the deck [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a politics &#8220;of the people&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[They are out there &#8230; those ordinary citizens who have grown up in the midst of all the political and cultural battles, but who have found a way &#8212; in their own lives, at least &#8212; to make peace with their neighbors, and themselves. I imagine the white Southerner who growing up heard his dad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;god bless america&#8221; is not the doxology</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worship as Higher Politics &#8211; Christianity Today Magazine I was pointed to this article while checking out another Christian blog. It is well worth reading. There is a Christian politics, which is to say that following Jesus must lead us to care about the political decisions, the law-making and law-enforcement, the policies of war and [...]]]></description>
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