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	<title>Sam Cotten</title>
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	<description>Beer, Pretzels, and Theology</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Wind of God</title>
		<link>http://www.bethelife.com/samcotten/?p=21</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my 1st sermon of the year, I gave a strong exhortation to the church to &#8220;get up on deck,&#8221; in preparation for the wind of the Lord. In fact, you may remember that the Lord gave a strong prophetic confirmation through JC May. Before I began to speak, JC turned to Dora and said, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Weakness of Gratitude</title>
		<link>http://www.bethelife.com/samcotten/?p=20</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Cotten</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The atheist Christopher Hitchens just published the book, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. He recently debated Dinesh D&#8217;Souza, a fellow at Hoover Institution at Stanford University. In the debate Hitchens said that those of us who believe in the God of Christianity are &#8220;condemned to live in this posture of gratitude, permanent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Doin&#8217; the Stuff&#8221; (Remembering John Wimber)</title>
		<link>http://www.bethelife.com/samcotten/?p=19</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Cotten</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is from Desiring God&#8217;s weblog. It is very interesting, and gives some insight into the modern charismatic movement, especially the Vineyard association&#8217;s role. Sam Storms is a good guy; he wrote this article.
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		<title>To Tithe or Not to Tithe…</title>
		<link>http://www.bethelife.com/samcotten/?p=18</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Cotten</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[That is the question, isn&#8217;t it?

I came across these musings by Douglas Carson this week. His take is very close to mine, and I like what he says here.
Blessings,
Sam
ps I&#8217;ve made a few comments where I think he needs clarifying, my comments are in [brackets], and I&#8217;ve made more at the end.
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		<title>Sunday’s Leftovers – Your Conscience and God’s Voice</title>
		<link>http://www.bethelife.com/samcotten/?p=16</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Cotten</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[No, it hasn&#8217;t been in there too long to heat up!

Why me?

Hey, I know what you&#8217;re thinking: &#8220;Why me? Why does God pick on me? Is it just me, or is my conscience super-sensitive?&#8221; No, it is not just you -
God speaks to us through our consciences, and you may NOT go against it! Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday’s Leftovers: Covenant Kids</title>
		<link>http://www.bethelife.com/samcotten/?p=14</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Cotten</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Power of a Covenant Home

OK, yeah – this format is a bit different this week, but here&#8217;s why. I am putting my entire sermon notes in blog format here, because there was a lot of information to process this week. PLEASE comment. Thanks   

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		<title>Sunday’s Leftovers</title>
		<link>http://www.bethelife.com/samcotten/?p=13</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Cotten</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It might look gross, but just heat it up! Trust me…

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		<title>Bill Walton, master commentator</title>
		<link>http://www.bethelife.com/samcotten/?p=12</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Cotten</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Does Bill Walton know everything? He sure seems to think he does.
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		<title>Sunday’s Leftovers – 1 Corinthians 7</title>
		<link>http://www.bethelife.com/samcotten/?p=11</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Cotten</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Better than yesterday&#8217;s pizza…

First – Read the Passage
My &#8220;Sunday&#8217;s Leftovers&#8221; on Corinthians series make no sense if you don&#8217;t read the chapter first. Here it is. 1 Corinthians 7 [+/-]1 Corinthians 7
   [7:1]Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: 
"It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday’s Leftovers</title>
		<link>http://www.bethelife.com/samcotten/?p=10</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Cotten</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[some things are better the next day, after all…

Our church is doing a sermon series on 1 Corinthians. Our worship leader, Elliot Diaz, preached Sunday from chapter 13, popularly known as the &#8220;love chapter&#8221;. He did a great job with the message. Check it out on the church website: www.bethelife.com. He got me so excited [...]]]></description>
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