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	<description>Reflections on evangelical Christianity and the contemporary world</description>
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		<title>Instant coffee and stalactites</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well if you&#8217;re only going to make blog posts every few months you need a catchy title!  It is also an example of one of the wonderful images that Alec Motyer uses in his fabulous little volume &#8216;Journey: Psalms for pilgrim people.&#8217;
I have been using this in my devotional time for the last week [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2012/02/02/instant-coffee-and-stalactites/</link>
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		<title>On prayer and worship &#8211; two great reads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re looking for a gift for a Christian loved-one this Christmas, here are two recommendations&#8230;
I recently had the privilege of attending a day on prayer run by Paul Miller and his team.  It was a hugely encouraging and liberating day &#8211; great to know that I&#8217;m not the only one who struggles with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2011/12/02/on-prayer-and-worship-two-great-reads/</link>
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		<title>Because grace is for YOU and not just for ME</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was talking to someone recently about one of the biggest pressures which faces pastors.  It is based on the chasm which can separate people&#8217;s expectations of you as a pastor (as if you were some kind of &#8217;super Christian&#8217;) and the reality of one&#8217;s own sinful heart.

Here are a few observations.
There is, at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2011/09/20/because-grace-is-for-you-and-not-just-for-me/</link>
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		<title>The rich language legacy of the KJV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We showed this excellent video from Glen Scrivener at church on Sunday morning.  Since we got so much positive feedback I thought I&#8217;d post it.  100+ well-known phrases from the KJV in a clever poem.  Enjoy&#8230;

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		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2011/07/04/the-rich-language-legacy-of-the-kjv/</link>
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		<title>Bits, bridles and managing sin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the London Men&#8217;s Convention.  An excellent day with lots of challenging teaching and encouraging songs of praise.  One of the phrases which has stuck with me and I continue to reflect upon came from Mark Driscoll&#8217;s helpful list of things that repentance isn&#8217;t. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2011/05/26/bits-bridles-and-managing-sin/</link>
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		<title>Daily Bible reading resource</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I find most helpful in the Christian life is making regular time to read the Bible and pray.  At different times in my life I have found that harder and easier, and I have taken different approaches to help me approach the Scriptures in particular.  Sometimes I use a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2011/04/10/daily-bible-reading-resource/</link>
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		<title>Another reason I am like a Pharisee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reading in John 5 this morning and I was horrified again by the reaction of the Pharisees (*) to Jesus&#8217; work, and then even more horrified by the realisation that I can be like them so easily.

Do you remember the scene?  There&#8217;s a man who has been paralysed for thirty-eight years (v5) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2011/03/08/another-reason-i-am-like-a-pharisee/</link>
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		<title>Peter, Pilate and Common Grace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reading Luke 23 recently when I noticed something I don&#8217;t remember having seen before.  When Jesus has been returned to Pilate (and he and Herod have become all pally, v12), Pilate has three attempts to set Jesus free.  Luke even highlights it by recording &#8220;for the third time he spoke to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2011/02/23/peter-pilate-and-common-grace/</link>
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		<title>Operation World &#8211; updated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For anyone who has not yet seen this, Operation World is a wonderful resource which enables Christians to pray in a more informed way for many countries around the world.  It contains detailed statistical and historical information which really aids prayer.  

In addition to publishing a new edition of this great book (end [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2011/01/22/operation-world-updated/</link>
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		<title>New Year, Good Intentions, and Pavlovian Problems of Evil&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new year, a new decade and good intentions as ever.  This blog was a little neglected in 2010 &#8211; a year of great change for the author with the arrival of his first child.  However, I aim to make use of the blog a little more this year, if time and discipline [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2011/01/03/new-year-good-intentions-and-pavlovian-problems-of-evil/</link>
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