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		<title>Comment on Hiding Behind Names by Tien Rennaker</title>
		<link>http://westsidechurchofchristmuskogee.com/blog/2008/11/26/hiding-behind-names/comment-page-1/#comment-4805</link>
		<dc:creator>Tien Rennaker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Could you kindly translate your website into German since I&#039;m not  very comfortable reading it in English? I&#039;m getting tired of using Google Translate all the time, there is a  little   WP plugin called like global translator which will translate all your articles automatically- this will make reading posts on your  sweet blog even more  pleasant. Cheers mate, Tien Rennaker!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Could you kindly translate your website into German since I&#8217;m not  very comfortable reading it in English? I&#8217;m getting tired of using Google Translate all the time, there is a  little   WP plugin called like global translator which will translate all your articles automatically- this will make reading posts on your  sweet blog even more  pleasant. Cheers mate, Tien Rennaker!</p>
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		<title>Comment on It’s Not Scripture! by Dan Mayfield</title>
		<link>http://westsidechurchofchristmuskogee.com/blog/2010/02/17/it%e2%80%99s-not-scripture/comment-page-1/#comment-4707</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mayfield</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How about &quot;spare the rod, spoil the child&quot;?  Thanks. And thanks for becoming a fan of Keith Sisman&#039;s book, &quot;Traces of the Kingdom&quot;.  Maybe you have read, but I preach in Owatonna, MN and I attended Bear Valley from 86-89. I have preached in MN for 20 years now at the congregation we helped to start. My five children are all Christians. 3 graduated from OC and 2 attend there - we make sure they are grounded in the Truth before they arrive at that school :).  My middle child is married to an Air Force guy and they live in England and worship where Keith Sisman is the Minister. He&#039;s Brit and has for years scoured the British libraries that date back to 1416 a.d. The book can be seen by following the link on the Facebook Fan page. It&#039;s 620 pages of information many haven&#039;t seen before. Stay tuned.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How about &#8220;spare the rod, spoil the child&#8221;?  Thanks. And thanks for becoming a fan of Keith Sisman&#8217;s book, &#8220;Traces of the Kingdom&#8221;.  Maybe you have read, but I preach in Owatonna, MN and I attended Bear Valley from 86-89. I have preached in MN for 20 years now at the congregation we helped to start. My five children are all Christians. 3 graduated from OC and 2 attend there &#8211; we make sure they are grounded in the Truth before they arrive at that school <img src='http://westsidechurchofchristmuskogee.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> .  My middle child is married to an Air Force guy and they live in England and worship where Keith Sisman is the Minister. He&#8217;s Brit and has for years scoured the British libraries that date back to 1416 a.d. The book can be seen by following the link on the Facebook Fan page. It&#8217;s 620 pages of information many haven&#8217;t seen before. Stay tuned.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Choosing Barabbas by Steve</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good article!</description>
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		<title>Comment on What is the effect of media on Christians? by Jeremy Sprouse</title>
		<link>http://westsidechurchofchristmuskogee.com/blog/2010/02/22/what-is-the-effect-of-media-on-christians/comment-page-1/#comment-4543</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sprouse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another similar article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://westsidechurchofchristmuskogee.com/blog/2008/12/22/garbage-in-garbage-out/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Garbage In, Garbage Out&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another similar article: <a href="http://westsidechurchofchristmuskogee.com/blog/2008/12/22/garbage-in-garbage-out/" rel="nofollow">Garbage In, Garbage Out</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on What is the effect of media on Christians? by ErynnLeighan</title>
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		<dc:creator>ErynnLeighan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comment left on Facebook:
Matthew Bailey says...
You&#039;re right on, Brother! Thank you for the thoughts. It goes back to my favorite Bible verse, which you posted yesterday (Phil. 4:8-9). It&#039;s hard to think on spiritual things when we have such sinful images and ideas filling our minds all day.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Comment left on Facebook:<br />
Matthew Bailey says&#8230;<br />
You&#8217;re right on, Brother! Thank you for the thoughts. It goes back to my favorite Bible verse, which you posted yesterday (Phil. 4:8-9). It&#8217;s hard to think on spiritual things when we have such sinful images and ideas filling our minds all day.</p>
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		<title>Comment on What is the effect of media on Christians? by Shayla</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shayla</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a really good article. Being a Christian is definitely not easy and I think with a lot of issues in the world, this is one that some of us don&#039;t really think about.  Of course we wouldn&#039;t do these things but yet we watch these types of shows, not really thinking about the evil that&#039;s in it and how unhealthy it is. Now that I come to think about it, we have hundreds of tv channels, but probably only four are appropriate for us to watch. What a shame! I will be more careful when picking tv shows to watch!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a really good article. Being a Christian is definitely not easy and I think with a lot of issues in the world, this is one that some of us don&#8217;t really think about.  Of course we wouldn&#8217;t do these things but yet we watch these types of shows, not really thinking about the evil that&#8217;s in it and how unhealthy it is. Now that I come to think about it, we have hundreds of tv channels, but probably only four are appropriate for us to watch. What a shame! I will be more careful when picking tv shows to watch!!!</p>
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		<title>Comment on What is the effect of media on Christians? by ErynnLeighan</title>
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		<dc:creator>ErynnLeighan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There really aren&#039;t many good shows out there but there are some. Unfortunately, it seems they&#039;re often on premium channels like TLC or Discovery, DIY, Food Network, etc. Those channels often come bundled with channels you know without even looking aren&#039;t going to benefit you spiritually.
Anyway, some shows I&#039;d say are decent include According to Jim &amp; Good Eats.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There really aren&#8217;t many good shows out there but there are some. Unfortunately, it seems they&#8217;re often on premium channels like TLC or Discovery, DIY, Food Network, etc. Those channels often come bundled with channels you know without even looking aren&#8217;t going to benefit you spiritually.<br />
Anyway, some shows I&#8217;d say are decent include According to Jim &amp; Good Eats.</p>
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		<title>Comment on What is the effect of media on Christians? by Betsy Bailey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Betsy Bailey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So true!  If we choose not to watch certain TV shows, we are bombarded with the commercials.  It&#039;s a lose - lose situation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So true!  If we choose not to watch certain TV shows, we are bombarded with the commercials.  It&#8217;s a lose &#8211; lose situation.</p>
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		<title>Comment on It’s Not Scripture! by ErynnLeighan</title>
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		<dc:creator>ErynnLeighan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great article. Scary to think of how easily we can be duped into believing something when we don&#039;t know the Word.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great article. Scary to think of how easily we can be duped into believing something when we don&#8217;t know the Word.</p>
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		<title>Comment on In the Shoes of Barabbas by Jeremy Sprouse</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sprouse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Roland,

What you have given as facts, are not facts at all but mere theories based upon speculation. Some might even call them fantasies.

It is true that there are some textual variants of Matthew 27:16 and 17 that have Barabbas identified as Jesus although these variants have been disputed as early as Origen. It does not really matter, however, because “Jesus” was a common name during this time. The name “Jesus” is the Greek equivalent to the Hebrew name “Joshua” (a name given to several individuals in the Old Testament). To say all people named Jesus are the same person is the same as saying everyone named John Smith is the same person. It is quite a stretch. It is clear from the text of Matthew and the other gospels that Pilate is offering a choice between two different people. Note even with Jesus inserted it still sounds like two people: &quot;So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you? [Jesus] Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” (Matthew 27:17). One Jesus is identified by Barabbas the other is identified by being called the Christ (which is the Greek term for Messiah and is used interchangeably (cf. John 1:41). In addition, although Barabbas literally means &quot;son of the father,&quot; its common usage and the meaning was &quot;son of the teacher.&quot; Since the gospels clearly make a distinction between Barabbas and the Christ, and no other source talks of Barabbas, there is no reason to conclude that Barabbas and the Christ are one and the same.

As to the division of the 10 tribes, the facts are inconsistent with your theories. First of all, the tribe of Benjamin--from which both King Saul and Saul of Tarsus came--stayed with the tribe of Judah and the line of David (cf. 1 Kings 12:21-24). The two tribes can hardly be counted as arch-enemies or nemeses. Secondly, the division between the 10 northern tribes and the two southern tribes was removed through the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities (cf. Ezekiel 37:15-23). There is no reason to think Saul’s persecution of Christians was because he was against the physical line of David. Instead, it was as Paul said: a result of living strictly according to the Pharisees’ teachings that led him to persecute Christians (Acts 26:2-11). Third, Jesus had no intention of ruling as a king physically (cf. John 6:15, 18:36). With these facts in mind, little of what you said makes any sense at all. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Roland,</p>
<p>What you have given as facts, are not facts at all but mere theories based upon speculation. Some might even call them fantasies.</p>
<p>It is true that there are some textual variants of Matthew 27:16 and 17 that have Barabbas identified as Jesus although these variants have been disputed as early as Origen. It does not really matter, however, because “Jesus” was a common name during this time. The name “Jesus” is the Greek equivalent to the Hebrew name “Joshua” (a name given to several individuals in the Old Testament). To say all people named Jesus are the same person is the same as saying everyone named John Smith is the same person. It is quite a stretch. It is clear from the text of Matthew and the other gospels that Pilate is offering a choice between two different people. Note even with Jesus inserted it still sounds like two people: &#8220;So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you? [Jesus] Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” (Matthew 27:17). One Jesus is identified by Barabbas the other is identified by being called the Christ (which is the Greek term for Messiah and is used interchangeably (cf. John 1:41). In addition, although Barabbas literally means &#8220;son of the father,&#8221; its common usage and the meaning was &#8220;son of the teacher.&#8221; Since the gospels clearly make a distinction between Barabbas and the Christ, and no other source talks of Barabbas, there is no reason to conclude that Barabbas and the Christ are one and the same.</p>
<p>As to the division of the 10 tribes, the facts are inconsistent with your theories. First of all, the tribe of Benjamin&#8211;from which both King Saul and Saul of Tarsus came&#8211;stayed with the tribe of Judah and the line of David (cf. 1 Kings 12:21-24). The two tribes can hardly be counted as arch-enemies or nemeses. Secondly, the division between the 10 northern tribes and the two southern tribes was removed through the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities (cf. Ezekiel 37:15-23). There is no reason to think Saul’s persecution of Christians was because he was against the physical line of David. Instead, it was as Paul said: a result of living strictly according to the Pharisees’ teachings that led him to persecute Christians (Acts 26:2-11). Third, Jesus had no intention of ruling as a king physically (cf. John 6:15, 18:36). With these facts in mind, little of what you said makes any sense at all.</p>
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