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	<description>Promoting and commenting on evangelical Christianity</description>
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		<title>New Server</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a boring housekeeping announcement.  We&#8217;ve moved server.  This may explain any downtime in the last 24 hours.
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		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2008/07/new-server-2/</link>
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		<title>Watch sermons online!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A great new resource here at http://www.clayton.tv/.
Its produced by good old Jesmond Parish Church and looks to be full of excellent stuff.
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		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2008/06/watch-sermons-online/</link>
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		<title>A vote of thanks for John Murray</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Redemption Accomplished and Applied.  Possibly the most helpful book I have had the pleasure of reading in the last 12 months.  Sane and clear exposition of the great doctrines of the reformed faith.  And less than 200 pages 
Get it.  Read it.  Re-read it.  Give it to your friends&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2008/05/a-vote-of-thanks-for-john-murray/</link>
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		<title>Embryology, Abortion and absurd arguments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are various reasons why I am disappointed that MPs have approved hybrid embryo research, have rejected the &#8217;saviour sibling&#8217; ban, have rejected the consideration of the need for a father in consideration of IVF treatment and have rejected the bid to lower the upper limit for abortions.
However, the ethical questions aside, as so often [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2008/05/embryology-abortion-and-absurd-arguments/</link>
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		<title>Gospel Filters on your Fingers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our Ethics class yesterday we were thinking about the way that your &#8216;filters&#8217; affect your interpretation of events, and can influence your reaction to events.
Remembering Gospel realities can be a good way of restoring correct perspective in the face of difficulties (or blessings) and can help to re-cast your response to a situation, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2008/05/gospel-filters-on-your-fingers/</link>
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		<title>For when the road is tough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some wonderful old words by John Newton which I re-discovered today through the ministry of a wise man&#8230;
“I Asked the Lord That I Might Grow”
I asked the Lord that I might grow
In faith, and love, and every grace;
Might more of His salvation know,
And seek, more earnestly, His face.
’Twas He who taught me thus to pray,
And [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2008/04/for-when-the-road-is-tough/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Revising&#8217; Islamic texts in Turkey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An intriguing article appeared on the BBC yesterday reporting that theologians in Turkey have been commissioned by the government to revise the Hadith  - an important text for Muslims interpreting the Koran (and an important source for Sharia law).
This may well be a very positive thing - particularly in relation to the rights and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2008/02/revising-islamic-texts-in-turkey/</link>
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		<title>The Archbishop, Sharia Law and &#8220;human dignity as such&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rev Dr Williams has done it again.
No comments from me, but a pointer to the actual text - What He Said since in all the reporting, that often seem quite hard to get to.
A very helpful analysis by David Field - Meet your new god - who argues that this is just an explicit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2008/02/the-archbishop-sharia-law-and-human-dignity-as-such/</link>
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		<title>A wonderful free resource - OT Overview Talks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Was pointed to this recently and it is excellent.  These are mp3 versions of Mark Dever&#8217;s OT Overview Sermons which have been published as Message of The Old Testament.  Edifying and helpful.
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		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2008/01/a-wonderful-free-resource-ot-overview-talks/</link>
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		<title>Rights after death versus rights to live</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been wide coverage of the Prime Minister&#8217;s recommendation of presumed consent for organ donors.
I will side-step the question of whether such &#8216;consent&#8217; is genuine or not because a different question bothers me.
I am amazed by the number of people who are prepared to stand up for the right for people&#8217;s wishes to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thevirtualword.org/2008/01/rights-after-death-versus-rights-to-live/</link>
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