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		<title>To All, A Goodnight&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To all who have followed my writing on this blog, thank-you. But the time has come for me to pull the plug on it.  For nearly 4 years I have blogged almost everything &#8211; significant and otherwise &#8211; that has bounced around in my head for some amount of time.  But last week, I made [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2082724&amp;post=818&amp;subd=devriesj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Following the Leader, Jesus Style&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something I consider to be one of the defining characteristics of this blog (and every blog I&#8217;ve ever kept) is my attempts at transparency and authenticity.  I&#8217;ve gotten in trouble for things I&#8217;ve said here and I&#8217;ve been praised for insightfulness I&#8217;ve displayed through my writing (although I blame luck and the Holy Spirit for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2082724&amp;post=802&amp;subd=devriesj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happiness is a John Deere</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been way too long since I blogged.  I love blogging and really want to do it on a daily basis, but life simply doesn&#8217;t allow me to anymore. Anyone who&#8217;s read anything I&#8217;ve read can probably figure out that I tend to run virtually every aspect of life through a theological lens.  Not sure [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2082724&amp;post=795&amp;subd=devriesj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wisdom is Folly (Ecclesiastes 1:12-18)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a follow-up post to &#8220;The Meaningless Circle of Life&#8220; In the first 11 verses of Ecclesiastes, The Teacher makes the case that life is basically one large, perpetual, vicious cycle.  As readers, we&#8217;re presented with a number of examples, each one reinforcing the primary theme of the book, &#8220;Meaningless, Meaningless!  Everything is meaningless!&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2082724&amp;post=784&amp;subd=devriesj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Walking on Water (John 6:16-21)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be preaching next week at my &#8220;home church&#8221; here in Portland.  Ordinarily when I preach I&#8217;m not assigned a text and given free reign to preach on whatever I want.  I like that freedom, but sometimes I enjoy being given a text and then the challenge to make my sermon fit within a series [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2082724&amp;post=782&amp;subd=devriesj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Post I Really Don&#8217;t Want to Write but Somehow Feel Compelled to Write&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://devriesj.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/a-post-i-really-dont-want-to-write-but-somehow-feel-compelled-to-write/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s because by writing it I&#8217;m simply adding to the over-abundance of internet journalistic porn that this man feeds off of, somehow validating what he says and accomplishing exactly the opposite of what I want. Generally speaking, I can easily overlook talking-head extremists like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.  But sometimes, enough is enough I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2082724&amp;post=778&amp;subd=devriesj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>unChristian #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just wrapped up reading the book unChistian by David Kinneman of the Barna Group.  The premise of the book is that nonChristians have a certain perception of Christians, the church, and the entire Christian faith.  Whether they&#8217;re perception is right or wrong is not what David is getting at &#8211; it&#8217;s not an apologetics [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2082724&amp;post=774&amp;subd=devriesj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Discipleship Rising (Matthew 4:18-22)</title>
		<link>http://devriesj.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/discipleship-rising-matthew-418-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matthew&#8217;s narrative up to this point has been predominately focused on introducing Jesus as the promised messiah.  The last passage I looked at (Mt 4:12-17) signaled the beginning of a shift in directions from identifying Jesus to prompting those who accept his identity to respond by committing to a life of discipleship.  While that shift [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2082724&amp;post=770&amp;subd=devriesj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fatherhood, Theology, and Church Planting</title>
		<link>http://devriesj.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/fatherhood-theology-and-church-planting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve talked to a lot of church planters.  I&#8217;ve been to the conferences.  I&#8217;ve been personally involved in the leadership of  two church plants and one multi-site start-up.  I&#8217;ve graduated from one of the more academically challenging seminaries in the US.  I&#8217;ve been assessed and successfully &#8220;passed&#8221; inspection and recommendation for church planting.  I&#8217;ve got [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2082724&amp;post=766&amp;subd=devriesj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Meaningless Circle of Life (Sermon: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[READ ECCLESIASTES 1:1-11 If there&#8217;s a single phrase or line that stands out when we turn our attention to Ecclesiastes it&#8217;s the constant repetition of verse 2, &#8220;Meaningless!  Meaningless!  Everything is meaningless!&#8220;  One thing&#8217;s for sure, the author &#8211; whom we only know as &#8220;the Teacher&#8221; &#8211; seems hell-bent to beat us down and get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devriesj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2082724&amp;post=764&amp;subd=devriesj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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