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		<title>Taking a Stand: A Rant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien T Garofalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please excuse the incoherency and lack of flow in this post, but I&#8217;ve got a few things to say.
I&#8217;ve been slacking a bit in blogging, but I think that&#8217;s ok. In the meantime, I have posted a few things on the King James Only blog, and, as a result, posts about that topic will be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicism.wordpress.com&blog=2051227&post=782&subd=biblicism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Get this Show on the Road</title>
		<link>http://biblicism.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/lets-get-this-show-on-the-road/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien T Garofalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s true &#8211; once you stop, it&#8217;s hard to start again. Blogging is supposed to be fun, and I believe it is, but it can be labor-some as well. It&#8217;s hard to imagine I&#8217;d feel that way knowing that this little blog isn&#8217;t that popular, but I guess once you&#8217;re on the web you heap [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicism.wordpress.com&blog=2051227&post=616&subd=biblicism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Staying Tuned</title>
		<link>http://biblicism.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/keep-staying-tuned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien T Garofalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boy, time surely does fly! It&#8217;s almost February and I&#8217;m still not ready for the re-launch. But I&#8217;m close. So, in the meantime, I&#8217;ve got a semi-re-launch here, with a a bit of a new look and the riddance of some dead weight (TJ). Don&#8217;t worry, TJ and I are still friends! This was a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicism.wordpress.com&blog=2051227&post=614&subd=biblicism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Encouraging Sunday Video, 12.14.08</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien T Garofalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I have argued that the War on Christmas is a distraction from the main battle, I want to make clear that I also think Christmas time is a wonderful time of heightened spiritual interest. A friend referred me to this video, an encouragement to which we can all take heed this holiday Christmas season.

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		<title>Keeping Christ in Christmas: Another Worldly Distraction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien T Garofalo</dc:creator>
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A couple of years ago, I went to K-Mart during the Christmas season to see for myself just how anti-Christian things have become. As I stood back looking at the Christmas trees, I was amazed. I was angry. Every single box that contained a tree that would be used for nothing other than celebrating Christmas [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicism.wordpress.com&blog=2051227&post=579&subd=biblicism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Islam, the Religion of Peace. . .and Charity!</title>
		<link>http://biblicism.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/islam-the-religion-of-peace-and-charity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien T Garofalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an article in the paper this morning concerning a Muslim charity. It appears that one of the largest of these charities in the United States was funding terrorism. Surprised?
We obviously should not be. Muslim charities aren&#8217;t all that charitable after all. 
But what about all that &#8220;religion of peace&#8221; talk? Doesn&#8217;t Islam mean &#8220;peace&#8221;? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicism.wordpress.com&blog=2051227&post=566&subd=biblicism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting the Real Battle</title>
		<link>http://biblicism.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/fighting-the-real-battle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien T Garofalo</dc:creator>
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II Timothy 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
There&#8217;s a battle raging in America today. While some seek to &#8220;unite&#8221; the country, many are becoming increasingly polarized from one another. The battle of the worldviews is culminating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicism.wordpress.com&blog=2051227&post=552&subd=biblicism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Various Thoughts on the Election from Around the Web</title>
		<link>http://biblicism.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/various-thoughts-on-the-election-from-around-the-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien T Garofalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some encouraging, some not so much, but all challenging thoughts given to us concerning this historic election:
James White posted a video with a sharp but biblically discerning view of society, and a challenge for Christians, including the exhortation to pray for Obama&#8217;s conversion.
Al Mohler writes that this election is indeed a hallmark for America, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicism.wordpress.com&blog=2051227&post=514&subd=biblicism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cherishing America</title>
		<link>http://biblicism.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/cherishing-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien T Garofalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the historic election of Barack Obama to the presidency, I&#8217;m sure most of the Christian blogs will be reminding the conservative-minded that God is in control and urging us all to obey the Bible&#8217;s commands to render unto Caesar, obey the authority in the name of God, and pray for our leaders. I hope [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicism.wordpress.com&blog=2051227&post=511&subd=biblicism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vote!</title>
		<link>http://biblicism.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien T Garofalo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man, I waited too long to post this.
Good, honest Christians debate about whether or not we should vote. I&#8217;ve heard both sides, and think both have good arguments based on scripture. While I agree with some principles espoused by the side abstaining from voting, such as not being entangled with this world&#8217;s affairs, I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicism.wordpress.com&blog=2051227&post=509&subd=biblicism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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