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		<title>Still far to fall</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/21/still-far-to-fall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Woodlief</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody knows where the bottom is for our economy, but the experts agree we aren&#8217;t anywhere close to it yet. I know a lot of business executives who are grim right now, and what inevitably happens in the wake of that grim look is job cuts among the rank and file. Cut now, many of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Praying his names</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/21/praying-his-names/</link>
		<comments>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/21/praying-his-names/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrée Seu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When I grew up, kids were named for movie stars: “Shirley,” “Donna,” “Peggy,” “Barbara.” The names of God are the reflections of his character: “El HaKadosh” (“the holy God”), “Jehovah Jireh” (“the God who sees”), “El HaNe’eman” (“the faithful God”).
I have discovered a new compound name: “Jehovah Rappha” (“the God who heals”): If God’s people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fanatic or visionary?</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/20/fanatic-or-visionary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrée Seu</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Consequence Management Response Force]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The watchman who sees danger coming and sounds a warning is one man’s fanatic and another man’s visionary. The tide of events will prove which judgment is true.
On Oct. 1, under the proverbial radar, history was made when an active-duty military unit started training in Fort Stewart, Ga., to prepare for its role as an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political missionaries</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/19/political-missionaries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Bradley</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[missionaries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[republicans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[salt and light]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“If you can’t beat them, join them!”
This old adage comes to mind when I hear the apocalyptic whining coming from many evangelicals about the Democratic Party’s control of the White House and Congress. It would seem that Christians, embracing Jesus teaching of being “salt and light” (Matthew 5:13-16), would consider joining the Democratic Party—as missionaries—to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Russia with love</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/19/to-russia-with-love/</link>
		<comments>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/19/to-russia-with-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrée Seu</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While I was in Austin, Texas, Mary Jane had me over for tea and then she blew my mind. Her husband, Greg, was away, I learned, teaching educators in a two-week course in Guatemala for an organization called the International School Project (ISP), a ministry under Campus Crusade for Christ. I nursed my tea as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guns and butter</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/18/guns-and-butter/</link>
		<comments>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/18/guns-and-butter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Tokarev</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[barack-obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Great Depression]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Grover Cleveland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New Deal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nobel prize for economics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paul Krugman]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Stalin]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://online.worldmag.com/?p=18070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Socialists of all parties have at least two good reasons to celebrate these days. First came the news from Sweden that Paul Krugman, a champion against free market capitalism, won the Nobel for economics. Then Barack Obama received a mandate to change in a radical way the rotten philosophical, political, and economic fundamentals of America.
Once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Torn</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/18/torn/</link>
		<comments>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/18/torn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrée Seu</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Faith &amp; Inspiration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The thing I like about the book of Hosea is the very thing I used to hate. In one verse—unmitigated disaster; in the next verse—unparalleled blessing. A pushing away. A drawing into passionate embrace. No literary signposts.
The reader suffers vertigo. The indifferent bail out somewhere toward the end of Chapter 1, where the first inexplicable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stingy Christians, in more ways than one</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/17/stingy-christians-in-more-ways-than-one/</link>
		<comments>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/17/stingy-christians-in-more-ways-than-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Woodlief</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[giving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On a recent trip to Home Depot, our 4-year-old Isaac asked his mother, &#8220;Why are we in here?&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s a few things we need,&#8221; said my wife.
&#8220;Is it something we need, Mommy, or something you want?&#8221;
The great danger of teaching your children is that they might begin to listen. Reading Ron Sider&#8217;s review of Passing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After the weekend</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/17/after-the-weekend/</link>
		<comments>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/17/after-the-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrée Seu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I got picked up by a couple at the airport in Austin, Texas, this past weekend, and asked the husband what the men would be doing while the women had a retreat. He said that as we were retreating, they would be advancing. Fine. There were plans for depopulating Texas of a few deer and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too big to fail?</title>
		<link>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/15/too-big-to-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://online.worldmag.com/2008/11/15/too-big-to-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Tokarev</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[auto industry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bailout]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[government intervention]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://online.worldmag.com/?p=18038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An evil never comes alone. After forcing “Joe the Plumber” to bail out Wall Street, some in the government now plan to extend a helping hand to the auto industry. The rationale? You guessed it: &#8220;TOO BIG TO FAIL.&#8221;
John McCain correctly labeled Barack Obama&#8217;s &#8220;spread-the-wealth&#8221; tax philosophy as socialistic. And the most socialistic element of [...]]]></description>
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