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	<title>Been Thinking About &#187; grace</title>
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		<title>As is&#8230;Just as I am&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2009/02/28/as-isjust-as-i-am/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2009/02/28/as-isjust-as-i-am/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Christ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[As is]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent conversation one of our friends made a comment that I haven&#8217;t been able to forget. It was something to the effect that &#8220;You probably would all think I&#8217;m a creep. Have been married several times&#8230;&#8221;
My guess is that along the way others have also made self-disclosing comments that have gotten lost or [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ruth and the Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2009/02/21/ruth-and-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2009/02/21/ruth-and-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[God and His Ways]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good luck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naomi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economic crisis is the setting of the story of Ruth in the Old Testament.  A famine in Israel, during the difficult, dark days of the Judges, prompted a Jewish family to leave their home in Bethlehem and move to the land of Moab.
Ironically, Bethlehem means &#8220;house of bread&#8221;.
These were  extreme times. To make matters worse, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Tough Side of Grace</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/12/26/the-tough-side-of-grace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/12/26/the-tough-side-of-grace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Truth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beenthinking.org/?p=3029</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Going into the Christmas holiday, I was focused on what can appear to be the scandalously generous side of grace. Found myself drawn back time and again to the priceless gift expressed in the words, &#8220;The Word (God) became flesh and lived among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>Entitlement and the Holiday</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/11/26/entitlement-and-the-holiday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/11/26/entitlement-and-the-holiday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas to think about]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Christ]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[earned]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entitlement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in Christ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thanksgiving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Started thinking that entitlement and thanksgiving are mutually exclusive, and that what&#8217;s at risk, if I don&#8217;t see the difference, is not only a heartless holiday, but also a shrinking spirituality.
Then the most basic Google search gives me definitions that complicate my thoughts. For openers, I find,
&#8220;The state of meeting the applicable requirements for receipt [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Auto CEOs and Labor</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/11/24/in-the-mirror-of-auto-ceos-and-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/11/24/in-the-mirror-of-auto-ceos-and-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas to think about]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auto assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Three]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mercy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beenthinking.org/?p=2369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As CEOs from Detroit&#8217;s Big Three appealed to Congress for government relief, a friend sent me a link to a short 3 and 1/2 minute piece of video journalism by the Detroit News.
What I found was a compelling story about one of the most sophisticated and efficiently run car manufacturing plants in the world. The [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Messianics, Law, and Grace</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/11/07/messianics-law-and-grace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/11/07/messianics-law-and-grace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Christ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Torah]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of reasons to have issues with the Apostle Paul. Even Peter acknowledged that Paul had written things hard to understand (2Peter 3:14-18).  But in addition to the fact that, in this text, Peter acknowledged Paul&#8217;s God-given wisdom and grouped his letters with &#8220;other Scripture,&#8221; here are some things I think we [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Applying for Heaven</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/07/02/applying-for-heaven/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/07/02/applying-for-heaven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Christ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heaven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salvation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beenthinking.org/?p=230</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We endure application forms for credit cards, employment, life insurance, and driver&#8217;s licenses. We fill them out when applying for tax credits, college entrance, and passports. Sometimes they are required when applying for church membership.
So let&#8217;s push the idea of applications to another level. Think about what it might mean to fill out papers for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reflecting on Yesterday</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/06/29/reflecting-on-yesterday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/06/29/reflecting-on-yesterday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Christ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus Christ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[savior]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beenthinking.org/?p=234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s post was upsetting to many of us. In some cases it shifted our focus from our agreement about Christ to disagreements among ourselves&#8211;or with &#8220;Charles&#8221;&#8211; over our relationship to Old Testament law.
In retrospect, we don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on in &#8220;Charles&#8221; heart. He could be a brother who believes in Christ while being conflicted [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Better than a Miracle</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/26/miracles-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/26/miracles-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miracles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Bread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Provisions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/26/miracles-part-3/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seems to me that we can be thankful that God&#8217;s ability to care for us is not limited to obvious suspensions of natural law. Your responses to my post on &#8220;Miracles&#8221; shows something better than &#8220;first century&#8221; expressions of supernatural power. The fact that none of us have seen anyone feed 5000 people with a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>What I Can&#8217;t Do  (3rd of 3)</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/02/21/what-i-cant-do-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/02/21/what-i-cant-do-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith and Reason]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[believing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/02/21/what-i-cant-do-part-3/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I talked about some specific examples of things I can&#8217;t do regardless of how much faith I have in God, myself, or anyone else. Let me give you a couple more examples and see if we can come to terms with what we can&#8217;t do:
In addition to all of the things [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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